Leviticus 11:2

Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

In Context

1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

3You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:4But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:11They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

Leviticus 11:21But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

Leviticus 11:34Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:41Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.

Deuteronomy 14:4These are the beasts which you may have for food: 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 →

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