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Barnabas next interprets Torah's food distinctions as moral instruction.
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He says the swine signifies the person who forgets Elohim in abundance and cries out only in hunger.
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He says predatory birds signify people who refuse honest labor and live by seizing what belongs to others.
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He interprets certain fish without scales as people who dwell in moral darkness and never rise toward the light.
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He treats the hare as a warning against sexual corruption.
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He treats the hyena according to ancient zoological belief as an emblem of instability and sexual disorder.
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He treats the weasel as another sexual-warning symbol based on an ancient natural-history tradition.
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He then cites the righteous person as one who does not walk in counsel of the wicked or sit with corrupt companions.
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He contrasts predatory animal symbolism with the command to associate with those who fear Yahuah, meditate upon His Word, and practice Righteousness.
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He concludes that Mosheh's food laws are being read by him as spiritual and ethical ordinances rather than merely dietary commands.