Leviticus 11:1
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
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In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
In Context
2“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:
Cross References
Genesis 7:2Take with you seven pairs, male and female, of every kind of clean animal, and one pair, male and female, of every kind of unclean animal.
Genesis 9:3Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
Leviticus 20:25So make sure you observe the difference between clean and unclean animals and birds. Don't make yourselves unclean because of any animal or bird, or by anything that runs along the ground. I have made the difference clear: they are unclean for you.
Acts 10:14But Peter replied, “Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is impure and unclean.”
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:1
The ceremonial law is described by the apostle ( Heb. ix. 9, 10 ) to consist, not only "in gifts and sacrifices," which hitherto have been treated of in this book, but "in meats, and drinks, and divers washings" from ceremonial uncleanness, the laws concerning which begin with this chapter, which puts a difference between some sorts of flesh-meat and others, allowing some to be eaten as clean and forbidding others as unclean. "There is one kind of flesh of men." Nature startles at the thought of eating this, and… Read the whole commentary →