Leviticus 11:2
+ 11:2. Lev 11:2 (Lev 11:1-3, 11:1-8, 11:44-45; Deut 14:4-6) (#3.198): T. To examine and identify the land animals that are kosher ·clean· for you to eat and their identifying signs / R. To examine the signs of land animals to distinguish between kosher and non-kosher Directive: Qualifications of Kosher ·Clean· animals, they have both a separate hoof that is completely divided and chews cud / Note: It is a fact, no carnivore, only meat eating, is kosher ·clean· to eat where as a few omnivores, eats meat and plants, are kosher ·clean· for food “Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out] and to Aaron [Light-bringer], saying to them,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4+ 11:4. Lev 11:4 (Lev 11:1-3, 11:1-8, 11:44-45; Deut 14:4-6) (#3.199): Not to eat treif ·unclean· land animals Directive: Qualification: These animals do not chew the cud and / or do not have a split hoof “‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11+ 11:11. Lev 11:11 (Lev 11:10-12, 11:44-45; Deut 14:10) (#3.201): Not to eat treif ·unclean· fish Directive: Qualification: These animals might live in a river or ocean, but do not have both fins and scales and you detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:21+ 11:21. Lev 11:21 (Lev 11:20-23, 11:29-31, 11:44-45; Deut 14:19-20) (#3.203): The locust ·winged swarming creatures on four legs· that are kosher ·clean· for you and their identifying signs Directive: Treif ·Unclean· locust are winged swarming creatures that walk on all four legs, with one exception, kosher ·clean· locust are winged with four legs and have joints above the feet that enable them to jump off the ground. Kosher ·Clean· swarming four legged creatures includes: all kinds of locusts, grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
Leviticus 11:34+ 11:34. Lev 11:34 (Lev 11:32-38, 11:44-45) (#3.205): T. If clean foods or utensils for food preparation are contaminated by something treif ·unclean·, it thus becomes treif ·unclean· also / R. Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and solid foods All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:41+ 11:41. Lev 11:41 (Lev 11:41-43, 11:44-45) (#3.207): Not to eat any animal that creeps upon the earth “‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is detestable. It shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,
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 →