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Jesus did not make it clear, but the biggest theory was that they were given those rules so that they would be as far away as possible from the practices of the pagans
Like the many ridiculous laws in Leviticus were laws meant for the Levites (priests). Rules for the clothing and food were made precisely because it is the reverse of what the pagans around them were doing
Basically, a counter culture
The Bible has always been a counter-culture that rejected common norms