Leviticus 11:9

Leviticus 11:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat.

Context of Leviticus 11:9

7The pig's feet are in two parts. But when the pig eats its food, it does not bring the food back into its mouth. It does not eat it twice. The people must not eat the pig. 8They must not touch the dead bodies of those animals. They must not eat their meat. They are not clean for you to eat. They can eat some animals that live in the sea or in the river. Those animals must have fins and scales on their bodies. 10They must not eat any other animals from the sea or the river. They must keep away from them. 11They must not touch the dead bodies of the animals from the sea or the river. They must not eat the meat from those other animals.

Leviticus 11:9 word by word

אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֩ סְנַפִּ֨יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים וּבַנְּחָלִ֖ים אֹתָ֥ם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• These shall ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• in the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• whatsoever hath finsסְנַפִּירsenappîyr · finH5579
• and scalesקַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתqaώqeώeth · scaleH7193
• in the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
• and in the riversנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:9

• Deuteronomy 14:9You may eat any fish that has fins and scales.
• Acts 20:21I have taught the same things both to Jewish people and to Gentiles. I have said clearly to them all, “You must stop doing wrong things. Change the way that you live and turn to God. Believe in our Lord Jesus.”
• Galatians 5:6We belong to Christ Jesus. So it does not matter whether anyone has circumcised us or not. The only thing that matters is that we believe in Christ. As a result we will love others in the way that we live.
• James 2:18Someone may say, ‘You believe in God, but I do good things to help people.’ Then I would say, ‘You cannot show me that you believe in God if you do not do good things. I do good things, and that shows that I really believe in God.’
• 1 John 5:2How do we know that we love God's children? We know it when we love God and we do what he tells us to do.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Whatsoever hath fins and scales - Because these, of all the fish tribe, are the most nourishing; the others which are without scales, or whose bodies are covered with a thick glutinous matter, being in general very difficult of digestion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Any fish, either from salt water or fresh, might be eaten if it had both scales and fins. but no other creature that lives in the waters. Shellfish of all kinds, whether mollusks or crustaceans, and cetaceous animals, were therefore prohibited, as well as fish which appear to have no scales, like the eel; probably because they were considered unwholesome, and (under certain circumstances) found to be so.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9the creatures that live in the water: The Israelites considered animals from the water to be clean (acceptable for food and for ritual use) only if they had both fins and scalesRead the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. These shall ye eat ... whatsoever hath fins and scales--"The fins and scales are the means by which the excrescences of fish are carried off, the same as in animals by perspiration. I have never known an instance of disease produced by eating such fish; but those that have no fins and scales cause, in hot climates, the most malignant disorders when eaten; in many cases they prove a mortal poison" [Whitlaw].Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:9

• Animals
• Fish
• Food
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
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• Atonement, Day of
• Ezekiel
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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