Leviticus 11:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. ”

Leviticus 11:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Any fish, either from salt water or fresh, might be eaten if it had both scales and fins. but no other creature that lives in the waters. Shellfish of all kinds, whether mollusks or crustaceans, an...
Leviticus 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters. Here, also, some who know little of religion, plausibly contend that God is acting the physician’s part, and distinguishing wholesome from...
Leviticus 11:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. Whatsoever hath fins and scales - Because these,...
Leviticus 11:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. These shall ye eat ... whatsoever hath fins...
Leviticus 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These shall ye eat. — The water animals, which, as we have seen, constitute the second division of the animal kingdom, now follow the land animals. They are discussed in Leviticus 11:9-12 . Like t...
Leviticus 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Leviticus 11:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters ,.... In the waters of the sea, or in rivers, pools, and ponds; meaning fishes; for though some persons abstain from eating them entirely, as the E...
Leviticus 11:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. Ver. 9. Whatsoever hath fins and scales. ] The...
Leviticus 11:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whatsoever hath fins and scales Both of them. Such fishes being more cleanly and more wholesome food than others. All that have not fins nor scales shall be an abomination A late commentator, by...
Leviticus 11:9 - 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 11:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and sca...
Leviticus 11:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whatsoever hath fins and scales, to wit, both of them; such fishes being both more cleanly and more wholesome food than others. The names of them are not particularly mentioned, partly because most...
Leviticus 11:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sea Life That May Or May Not Be Eaten ( Leviticus 11:9-12 ). Leviticus 11:9 “These may you eat of all that are in the waters. Whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in th...
Leviticus 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - 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 11:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat, all the animals that are fishes according to the co...
Leviticus 11:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:2-5 ; Acts 20:21 ; Deuteronomy 14:10 ; Deuteronomy 14:9 ; Galatians 5:6 ; James 2:18
Leviticus 11:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fins and scales — Both of them; such fishes being more cleanly, and more wholesome food than others. The names of them are not particularly mentioned, partly because most of them wanted names, the...

Leviticus 11:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 11:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 11:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 11:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 11:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 11:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 11:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes