Deuteronomy - 14:9



9 These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 14:9.

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These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;
These shall you eat of all that abide in the waters: All that have fins and scales, you shall eat.
And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.
These you shall eat out of all that dwells in the waters: whatever has fins and scales, you shall eat.
Hoc comedetis ex omnibus quae sunt in aqua, quicquid habet pinnulam et squamam, comedetis.

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These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters,.... The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: See Gill on Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:11, Leviticus 11:12.

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