Leviticus 11:2
Say to the sons of Israel: These are the animals that you ought to eat out of all the living things of the earth.
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In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
3All that has a divided hoof, and that chews over again, among the cattle, you shall eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4But whatever certainly chews over again, but has a hoof that is not divided, such as the camel and others, these you shall not eat, and you shall consider them to be among what is unclean.
Leviticus 11:11and detestable; their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.
Leviticus 11:21But whatever certainly walks upon four feet, and also has longer legs behind, with which it hops upon the earth,
Leviticus 11:34Any of the foods that you eat, if water from such a vessel will have been poured upon it, it shall be unclean. And every liquid which one may drink from such a vessel shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:41All that creeps across the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken up as food.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the animals which you ought to eat: the ox, and 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 →