Leviticus 11:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 7:2And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.
Genesis 9:3And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
Leviticus 20:25And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.
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 →