Leviticus 11:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. ”

Leviticus 11:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “These are the animals which ye may eat out of all the beasts;” that is, out of the larger creatures, the quadrupeds, as distinguished from birds and reptiles. See Genesis 1:24 . Of quadru...
Leviticus 11:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye (a) shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth. (a) Or, of which ye may eat.
Leviticus 11:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First Prohibition. Animals, etc., not allowed for food. The test is, Is it cloven-footed, and does it chew the cud? For fishes, Has it fins and scales? No test of this nature can be given for birds...
Leviticus 11:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children. Hebrew sons. These. Hebrew this. Figure of speech Heterosis (of Number), singular for plural. beasts . living creatures. beasts . animals. Hebrew. behemah. The Hebrew division...
Leviticus 11:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. These are the beasts which ye shall eat. The holy fathers, before the birth of Moses, knew what animals were unclean; of which fact Noah afforded a manifest proof, when, by God’s command,...
Leviticus 11:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Leviticus 11:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

These are the beasts which ye shall eat— It is extraordinary, that any objections should have been raised against the Jewish law and its divine Author, from that careful distinction made in it betw...
Leviticus 11:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Leviticus 11:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(Leviticus 11-16) The Law of Clean and Unclean This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. Four main types of uncleanness are referred to, viz...
Leviticus 11:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all... — Better, These are the animals which ye may eat of all .... The dietary laws, which stand first in the general precepts about clean and unclea...
Leviticus 11:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS, AND DEFILEMENT BY DEAD BODIES Leviticus 11:1-47 WITH chapter 11 begins a new section of this book, extending to the end of chapter 15, of which the subject is the law...
Leviticus 11:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

41-47, the Distinction between Clean and Unclean Leviticus 11:1-23 There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that thi...
Leviticus 11:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws...
Leviticus 11:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is worthy of remark, that before the flood the flesh of animals was not allowed for food. Genesis 1:29-30 . After the flood a permission was given to eat flesh. Genesis 9:3 . Here the LORD draws...
Leviticus 11:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying ,.... For to them only belong the following laws, and not unto the Gentiles, as Jarchi rightly observes; these were parts of the ceremonial law, which was p...
Leviticus 11:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth. Ver. 2. These are the beasts which ye shall eat. ] These, and the...
Leviticus 11:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Speak unto the children of Israel From the laws concerning the priests, he now comes to those which belonged to all the people; and in this chapter treats of clean and unclean meats; in the 12th, 1...
Leviticus 11:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ANIMALS ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR FOOD (vv. 1-8) Never since the flood has man been commanded to be a vegetarian. After the flood Noah was told, “every moving thing that lives shall be food for yo...
Leviticus 11:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Distinction of Meats. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying...
Leviticus 11:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though every creature of God be good and pure in itself, as appears from Genesis 1:31 Matthew 15:11 Romans 14:14 ; yet it pleased God to make a difference between clean and unclean, and to res...
Leviticus 11:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Animals That May Or May Not Be Eaten ( Leviticus 11:2-8 ). Leviticus 11:2-3 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts tha...
Leviticus 11:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Food: Permitted and Prohibited SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 11:2 .—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and...
Leviticus 11:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

These are the beasts The dietary regulations of the covenant people must be regarded primarily as sanitary. Israel, it must be remembered, was a nation living on the earth under a theocratic g...
Leviticus 11:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:2 . The beasts which ye shall eat. The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclea...
Leviticus 11:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

These are the beasts which ye shall eat. The clean and the unclean The Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was show...
Leviticus 11:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III UNCLEANNESS , CEREMONIAL AND MORAL : ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God...
Leviticus 11:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of Mammals
Leviticus 11:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 4:4-6 ; Acts 10:12 ; Acts 10:14 ; Daniel 1:8 ; Deuteronomy 14:3-8 ; Ezekiel 4:14 ; Hebrews 13:9 ; Hebrews 9:10 ; Mark 7:15-19 ; Matthew 15:11 ; Romans 14:14 ; Romans 14:15 ; Ro...
Leviticus 11:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

These are the beasts — Though every creature of God be good and pure in itself, yet it pleased God to make a difference between clean and unclean, which he did in part before the flood, Genesis 7:...

Leviticus 11:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 11:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 11:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Leviticus 11:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 11:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 11:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 11:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes