1 Bible Verses about Animals, religious role of

The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray. He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance, and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,read more.
with all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and wild birds in it. And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!" But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."