Leviticus 11:2
Speak with the children of Israel, saying: These are the animals which you may eat of all the beasts which are upon the earth.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Lord spake with Mosheh and to Aharon, saying to them:
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4But these you shall not eat, of them that bring up the cud or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, because he bringeth up the cud, but divideth not his hoof, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcases you shall abhor;
Leviticus 11:21Yet these you may eat, of every creeping thing that flieth, that walketh upon four which hath joints above its feet wherewith to leap upon the ground.
Leviticus 11:34Any food for eating, upon which water (from such a vessel) is poured, shall be unclean, and all liquor which was for drinking in any (such) vessel shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:41And every reptile that creepeth upon the ground is abominable, it shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the cattle that you may eat: oxen, lambs of the flock, and kids of the goats.
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 →