Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. ([Gen. 9 : 3].)
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles that eat. ([1 Cor. 10 : 25].)
There is nothing unclean of itself. ([Rom. 14 : 14].)
Certain Kinds of Animals Prohibited for Food.
Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore, they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. ([Deut. 14 : 7, 8].)
The Taking of Oaths Sanctioned.
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. ([Num. 30 : 2].)
He that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. ([Is. 65 : 16].)
Now, therefore, swear unto me here by God.... And Abraham said, I will swear.... There they sware both of them. ([Gen. 21 : 23, 24, 31].)