Leviticus 11:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. ”

Leviticus 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Of their (c) flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you. (c) God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.
Leviticus 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

These shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, &c.— Some few creatures (which were deficient in one or other of the marks above given, either not having, or not dividing the hoof, or not...
Leviticus 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Leviticus 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of their flesh ye shall not eat. — During the second Temple the prohibition was defined to extend to the smallest quantity. If any one ate a piece of flesh less even than the size of an olive he wa...
Leviticus 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I make no observations on these verses, but only just to remark, that a spiritual and moral reflection may be drawn from every one. It was easy to follow up the doctrine contained in them, with an ey...
Leviticus 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Of their flesh shall ye not eat ,.... Meaning, not of swine only, but of the camel, coney, and hare: and their carcass shall ye not touch ; which must not be understood of touching them in any sen...
Leviticus 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you. Ver. 8. Of their flesh shall ye not eat. ] Not above the quantity of an olive, say the Jew doctors...
Leviticus 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye shall not touch Not in order to eating. But the fat and skins of some of the forbidden creatures were useful, and might be used by them.
Leviticus 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye shall not touch, to wit, in order to eating, as may be gathered by comparing this with Genesis 3:3 Colossians 2:21 . For since the fat and the skins of some of the forbidden creatures were...
Leviticus 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - 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 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of Mammals
Leviticus 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:8 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Acts 10:10-15 ; Acts 10:28 ; Acts 15:29 ; Colossians 2:16 ; Colossians 2:21-23 ; Ephesians 5:11 ; Ephesians 5:7 ; Hebrews 9:10 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Isaia...
Leviticus 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall not touch — Not in order to eating, as may be gathered by comparing this with Genesis 3:3 . But since the fat and skins of some of the forbidden creatures were useful, for medicinal and o...

Leviticus 11:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 11:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 11:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 11:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 11:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes