“ All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. ”
Rather, “All creeping things which have wings,” etc. The word rendered creeping things may be regarded as coextensive with our word vermin. It is derived from a verb which signifies not only to cre...
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...
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. All fowls that creep - Such as the bat, already mentioned, which has claws attached to its leathern wings, and which s...
All fowls that creep, going upon all four— Or, All flying things that creep, &c. Houbigant renders it, every winged reptile. Dr. Shaw observes, that " ףּהעו שׁרצ sheretz ha-oph, which we r...
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. All fowls that creep ... By "fowls" here are to be understood all creatures with wings; and by "going upon all fou...
(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...
All the fowls that creep. — Better, all creeping things which have wings. The swarming animals or insects, which, as we have seen, constitute the fourth class of the Hebrew division of the animal...
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...
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...
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...
One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the creeping things of the earth. The grand object evi...
All fowls that creep ,.... Or rather "every creeping thing that flies"; for what are designed are not properly fowls, but, as the Jewish writers interpret them, flies, fleas, bees, wasps, hornets, l...
All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you. Ver. 20. All fowls that creep. ] So all mongrels in religion, that, like the planet Mercury, can he good in conju...
All fowls that creep The original word signifies any animal or moving creature, especially of the reptile or insect kind, ( Genesis 1:20 ; Genesis 7:21 ,) and ought to be rendered every winged re...
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...
20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above...
All fowls that crawl or creep upon the earth, and so degenerate from their proper nature, which is to fly, and are of a mongrel kind; which may intimate that apostates and mongrels in religion are...
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 . 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...
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...
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...
Of Animals of the Air
1 John 2:15-17 ; 2 Kings 17:28-41 ; 2 Timothy 4:10 ; Deuteronomy 14:19 ; Jude 1:10 ; Jude 1:19 ; Leviticus 11:23 ; Leviticus 11:27 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Philippians 3:18 ; Philippians 3:19 ; P...
All fowls — Flying things that crawl or creep upon the earth, and so degenerate from their proper nature, and are of a mongrel kind, which may intimate that apostates and mongrels in religion are a...