Leviticus 11:12

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the mayim, that shall be sheketz unto you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

In Context

11They shall be even sheketz unto you; ye shall not eat of their basar, but ye shall have their nevelah in sheketz.

13And these are they which ye shall have in sheketz among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are sheketz: the nesher (eagle), and the vulture, and the white-tailed eagle,

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Cross References

Exodus 8:6And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Hashem Eloheinu.

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 →

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