Leviticus 11:10

Leviticus 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
• New International Version (NIV)But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales—whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water—you are to regard as unclean.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you.

Context of Leviticus 11:10

8You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. 9‘These you may eat, of whatever is in the water: everything that has fins and scales, in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat. But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you, 11and they shall be detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:10 word by word

וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֵֽין־ל֜וֹ סְנַפִּ֣יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת בַּיַּמִּים֙ וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים מִכֹּל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הַמַּ֔יִם וּמִכֹּ֛ל נֶ֥פֶשׁ הַחַיָּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ הֵ֖ם לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• But whateverכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• But whateverאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• is in the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
• and in the riversנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• that does notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• finsסְנַפִּירsenappîyr · finH5579
• and scalesקַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתqaώqeώeth · scaleH7193
• amongמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the teemingשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• of the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• creaturesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: animalH5315
• they are detestableשֶׁ֫קֶץsheqets · detestationH8263

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:10

• Leviticus 7:18So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is ever eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be credited to him. It will be an unclean thing, and the person who eats it shall bear his punishment.
• Deuteronomy 14:3“You shall not eat any detestable thing.
• Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate You, Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
• Proverbs 13:20One who walks with wise people will be wise, But a companion of fools will suffer harm.
• Proverbs 29:27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, And one who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
• Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:10

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The prohibition included fish like eels and sharks, which have fins but no scales. It also included crustaceans and mollusks, which have neither fins nor scales.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-471-2. the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron--These laws, being addressed to both the civil and ecclesiastical rulers in Israel, may serve to indicate the twofold view that is to be taken of them. Undoubtedly the first and strongest reason for instituting a distinction among meats was to discourage the Israelites from spreading into other countries, and from general intercourse with the world--to prevent them acquiring familiarity with the inhabitants of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:10

• Fish
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In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Unclean
• Abomination
• Atonement, Day of
• Detestable, Things
• Ezekiel
• Fish

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