Leviticus 11:1
After, the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying vnto them,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 7:2Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: but of vncleane beastes by couples, the male and his female.
Genesis 9:3Euery thing that moueth and liueth, shall be meate for you: as the greene herbe, haue I giuen you all things.
Leviticus 20:25Therefore shall ye put difference betweene cleane beastes and vncleane, and betweene vncleane foules and cleane: neither shall ye defile your selues with beastes and foules, nor with any creeping thing, that ye ground bringeth forth, which I haue separated from you as vncleane.
Acts 10:14But Peter sayd, Not so, Lord: for I haue neuer eaten any thing that is polluted, or vncleane.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:1
The ceremonial law is described by the apostle ( Heb. ix. 9, 10 ) to consist, not only "in gifts and sacrifices," which hitherto have been treated of in this book, but "in meats, and drinks, and divers washings" from ceremonial uncleanness, the laws concerning which begin with this chapter, which puts a difference between some sorts of flesh-meat and others, allowing some to be eaten as clean and forbidding others as unclean. "There is one kind of flesh of men." Nature startles at the thought of eating this, and… Read the whole commentary →