Leviticus 11:12

You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

13There are some birds that you must detest and not eat. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,

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Cross References

Exodus 8:6After Moses/I told that to Aaron, he stretched out his hand as though he were stretching it over all the water in Egypt. And the frogs came up from the water and covered Egypt.

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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