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Leviticus 11:9

You are allowed to eat any creature with fins and scales that lives in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8You are not to eat their meat or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean for you.

10But you are not allowed to eat any of the many creatures that don't have fins and scales that live in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:9When it comes to creatures that live in the water, you are allowed to eat anything that has fins and scales.

Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus being circumcised or uncircumcised doesn't achieve anything; it's only trust working through love that matters.

1 John 5:2How do we know that we love God's children? When we love God and follow his commands.

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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