DID NOAH EAT KOSHER?
by Ellen Kavanaugh Yes. “Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.” Genesis 9:3 “Everything” is defined by the change from a plant-only diet to a new diet consisting of plants *and* animals — that is, “everything.” But that doesn’t mean one could eat *every* animal anymore than one could eat *every* plant. Let’s look at the passage concerning the original vegetable diet: “….I have given every green herb for food, and it was so.” Genesis 1:30 Now “every green herb” above doesn’t mean “every single existing green herb.” It means “every green herb that is appropriate for food.” Clearly neither Adam or Noah were eating poison ivy salads or snacking on poisonous berries! Does Scripture support limiting green herbs this way? Sure, let’s look at Genesis 6:21: “And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.'” Note that Noah is commanded to t
