Questions & Answers - Good News Staff - October 1976

Good News Staff

QUESTION: "In answering C.B. of Colony, Kansas (May 1976 GN), you explained the meaning behind Exodus 23:19. However, you never did explain If there were any other verses that related to whether or not It Is wrong to eat meat and milk together. What are the biblical dietary laws pertaining to eating dairy and meat products?" ANSWER: Genesis 18:8 reads: "Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate." This verse is part of the account of Abraham entertaining two angels and the One who later became Jesus Christ. That Abraham and Christ ate calf meat, milk and cheese together at the same meal indicates there was no prohibition against such a combination - and such a dietary law is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library