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Does the Bible forbid eating pork?

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A clear verse states this directly, and no higher-or-equal-authority text overturns it.

Yes, the Bible forbids eating pork, and no text at the same or higher authority level has explicitly revoked that prohibition.

God's direct command in Leviticus 11:7-8 forbids eating pig's flesh, and God's own prophetic oracle in Isaiah 66:17 still condemns it in an end-times context. Every New Testament text offered as a revocation either addresses a different question (hand-washing in Mark 7/Matthew 15; acceptance of Gentile people in Acts 10; internal community disputes in Romans 14) or comes from a lower-authority source that does not explicitly state the prohibition is cancelled.

Key texts:
Leviticus 11:1-2Tier 1 · God
“Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.”
Leviticus 11:7-8Tier 1 · God
“The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.”
Leviticus 11:44-47Tier 1 · God
“For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. For I am Yahweh who brough…”

…and 18 more verses weighed in the full analysis.

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Original-language words behind this answer:
eidōlóthyton (Greek G1494)eídōlon (Greek G1497)sheqets (Hebrew H8263)kolláō (Greek G2853)gannâh (Hebrew H1593)parádosis (Greek G3862)éxōthen (Greek G1855)aphístēmi (Greek G868)thýō (Greek G2380)koinóō (Greek G2840)

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