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I have summarized part of the dietary law which speaks of good and bad teachers. Eating is a metaphor for learning.  
I have summarized part of the dietary law which speaks of good and bad teachers. Eating is a metaphor for learning.  
Good: clean animal = his meditation on the word produces a holy walk
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Bad: Camel -  teaches to judge
{{3c| Good | clean animal = his meditation on the word produces a holy walkcBad | Camel -  teaches to judge }}
Bad: Coney - legalist who hides the love of the Word
{{3c| Bad | Coney - legalist who hides the love of the Word }}
Bad: Hare - spiritual drunk who celebrates all religions
{{3c| Bad | Hare - spiritual drunk who celebrates all religions }}
Bad: Swine - Does not discern what he learns
{{3c| Bad | Swine - Does not discern what he learns }}
Good: Fish - Lives by the Word and uses it as his defense
{{3c| Good | Fish - Lives by the Word and uses it as his defense }}
Bad: no fins or scales. Compromised in the flesh and spirit
{{3c| Bad | no fins or scales. Compromised in the flesh and spirit }}
Bad: Eagle: Those who forget the revelation
{{3c| Bad | Eagle | Those who forget the revelation }}
Bad: Ossifrage: Tear apart the pure
{{3c| Bad | Ossifrage | Tear apart the pure }}
Bad: Osprey - Doesn't understand the word
{{3c| Bad | Osprey - Doesn't understand the word }}
Bad: Kites - Doubter
{{3c| Bad | Kites - Doubter }}
Bad: Raven - Improperly mixing Holiness and Love
{{3c| Bad | Raven - Improperly mixing Holiness and Love }}
Bad: Owl - Questions God's purposes
{{3c| Bad | Owl - Questions God's purposes }}
Bad: Night hawk - loves violence
{{3c| Bad | Night hawk - loves violence }}
Bad: Cuckow - wastes away in fleshly pursuits
{{3c| Bad | Cuckow - wastes away in fleshly pursuits }}
Bad: Hawk - speaks only of Christ's death, not of his resurrection
{{3c| Bad | Hawk - speaks only of Christ's death, not of his resurrection }}
Bad: Little owl - angry
{{3c| Bad | Little owl - angryBad }}
Bad: Cormorant - Those who have been cast out (for cause)
{{3c| Bad | Cormorant - Those who have been cast out (for cause) }}
Bad: Great owl - Those presuming upon grace; continuing in sin
{{3c| Bad | Great owl - Those presuming upon grace; continuing in sin }}
Bad: Swan - Destroyer (not builder)
{{3c| Bad | Swan - Destroyer (not builder) }}
Bad: Pelican - Rejects the word
{{3c| Bad | Pelican - Rejects the word }}
Bad: Stork - Doesn't understand holiness and mercy
{{3c| Bad | Stork - Doesn't understand holiness and mercy }}
Bad: Heron - Anger within
{{3c| Bad | Heron - Anger within }}
Bad: Lapwing - Irregular obedience
{{3c| Bad | Lapwing - Irregular obedience }}
Bad: Bat - Turned aside from the teaching
{{3c| Bad | Bat - Turned aside from the teaching }}
Good: Leaping bugs - Reverent and no guile
{{3c| Good | Leaping bugs - Reverent and no guile }}
Good: Locust - Holiness within
{{3c| Good | Locust - Holiness within }}
Good: Bald locust - Speaks and lives according to the finished work of Christ
{{3c| Good | Bald locust - Speaks and lives according to the finished work of Christ }}
Good: Beetle - Ends fear by teaching
{{3c| Good | Beetle - Ends fear by teaching }}
Good: Grasshopper - Preaches life through the cross
{{3c| Good | Grasshopper - Preaches life through the cross }}
Bad: Four feet - Improperly mix flesh with spirit and holiness with grace.
{{3c| Bad | Four feet - Improperly mix flesh with spirit and holiness with grace. }}
Bad: Carries the carcasse -  exalts the dead flesh
{{3c| Bad | Carries the carcasse -  exalts the dead flesh }}
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