Leviticus 11:2
“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
3You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and that also chews the cud.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:4However, some animals either chew the cud or have a split hoof, and you must not eat them, animals such as the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof. So the camel is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:11Since they must be detested, you must not eat of their meat; also, their carcasses must be detested.
Leviticus 11:21Yet you may eat any of the flying insects that also walk on four legs if they have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.
Leviticus 11:34Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean. Any liquid that is for drinking from such a pot is unclean.
Leviticus 11:41Every animal that creeps on the ground is to be detested; it must not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:4These are the animals that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and 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 →