Amplified Bible
Leviticus 11:2-23
2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Among all the animals which are on the earth, these are the animals which you may eat.
3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof [that is, a hoof split into two parts especially at its distal extremity] and chews the cud.
4Nevertheless, you are not to eat these, among those which chew the cud or divide the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is [ceremonially] unclean to you.
5And the shaphan, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.
6And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.
7And the swine, because it divides the hoof and makes a split hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.
8You shall not eat their meat nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, these you may eat;
10but whatever does not have fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all the teeming life in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are [to be considered] detestable to you.
11They shall be hated things to you. You may not eat their meat; you shall detest their carcasses.
12Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
13‘These you shall detest among the birds; they are not to be eaten, for they are hated things: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,
14the kite, every kind of falcon,
15every kind of raven,
16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, every species of hawk,
17the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,
18the white owl, the pelican, the carrion vulture,
19the stork, all kinds of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20‘All winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you;
21yet of all winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the ground.
22Of these you may eat: the whole species of migratory locust, of bald locust, of cricket, and of grasshopper.
23But all other winged insects which are four footed are detestable to you.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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