Leviticus 11:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1And LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11and they shall be an abomination to you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.
Leviticus 11:21Yet these ye may eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to leap upon the earth,
Leviticus 11:34All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] vessel shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:41And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:2-9
Distinction of Meats. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is… Read the whole commentary →