GENESIS—NOTE ON Genesis 7:1 On the distinction between clean and not clean creatures, see Leviticus 11:1 and Deuteronomy 14:4. Since after the flood some clean animals will be offered as sacrifices (see Genesis 8:20) and some will be eaten as food (see Genesis 9:3), it was necessary to have more than one pair of each kind in the ark.

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