Leviticus 11:2
Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
3Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.
Leviticus 11:11And detestable : their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.
Leviticus 11:21But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,
Leviticus 11:34Any meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:41All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the beasts that you shall 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 →