Leviticus 11 - What does the bible say about eating meat?

It says we may only eat clean meats.

Leviticus 11 also states the difference between clean and unclean meats.

Clean meats included:

• Any animal with a split hoof completely divided that chews the cud.
• Any fish with fins and scales.
• Insects such as locust, cricket or grasshopper, with jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

Unclean meats included

• The camel and the rabbit, because they chew the cud, but do not have a split hoof.
• The pig, it has a split hoof completely divided, but does not chew the cud.
• Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is an abomination.
• Eagles, vultures, ravens owls, gull, hawks, stork herons and bats are an abomination.
• All flying insects that walk on all fours, but do not have jointed legs, are an abomination.
• Every animal that has a split hoof which is not completely divided or does not chew the cud.
• All animals that walk on their paws.
• Animals that move about on the ground, including the weasel, the rat, and lizards, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is abomination.

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten. Leviticus 11:47 NIV

Deuteronomy 14: 3 -20 repeats what Leviticus chapter 11 has to say about eating meat.

God first allowed people to eat meat after the flood. Before the flood began animals were taken into the ark. The clean animals were taken into the ark seven of each kind and the unclean by two of each kind. Genesis 7:2, 3, 8,

The flood destroyed every living substance. Genesis 7:23 And God made the animals to be meat for mankind. Genesis 9:2-3

However, they were not to eat the blood. Genesis 9: 4 Although God allowed mankind to eat clean meat, they were not to eat meat with the blood in it, they were first to drain the blood. Deuteronomy 12: 16, 23 -25

This command “not to eat the blood” was not just for the Jews. Noah and his family were not Jews or Israelites. The command was also for the stranger among the Jews. Leviticus 17:10 - 14