Leviticus - 11:11



11 and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 11:11.

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They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.
And detestable : their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.
They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.
yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.
They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.
and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation.
Abominatio, inquam, erunt vobis: de carne eorum non comedetis, et cadaver eorum abominabimini.

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Historical Commentaries

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They shall be even an abomination to you,.... This is repeated again and again, to deter from the eating of such fishes, lest there should be any desire after them:
ye shall not eat of their flesh, here mention is made of the flesh of fishes, as is by the apostle, 1-Corinthians 15:39. Aben Ezra observes, that their wise men say, this is according to the usage of words in those ages:
but you shall have their carcasses in abomination; not only abstain from eating them and touching them, but to express the utmost aversion to them.

Unto you - This clause is added to shew that they were neither abominable in their own nature, nor for the food of other nations; and consequently when the partition - wall between Jews and Gentiles was taken away, these distinctions of meat were to cease.

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