Animals that God declared to be unfit for the people to touch or eat are spoken of as if they were physically unclean, and those which he declared to be acceptable for the people to touch and eat are spoken of as if they were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# that may be eaten ... that may not be eaten
This can be translated in active form. AT: "that you may eat ... that you may not eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])