Leviticus 11:11
And detestable : their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.
Cross References
Genesis 7:3But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven,the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
Leviticus 11:2Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:10-20
9 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. 10 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: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the… Read the whole commentary →