Leviticus 11:2
“Tell the Israeli people that this is what Yahweh says: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat:
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
1Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. For example, camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
Leviticus 11:11You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:21But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.
Leviticus 11:34If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.
Leviticus 11:41‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:4The animals whose meat you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, 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 →