Leviticus 11:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

LEVITICUS CHAPTER 11 From the laws concerning the priests, he now comes to those which belong to all the people. Beasts clean and unclean, Leviticus 11:1-8. Of fishes, Leviticus 11:9-12. Of fowls and creeping things, Leviticus 11:13-23. In touching of a dead carcass, Leviticus 11:24-28. Other creatures unclean, Leviticus 11:29-43. They are exhorted to purity and holiness from the nature of God, and his goodness to them in taking them to be his people, Leviticus 11:44,45. The whole repeated, Leviticus 11:46,47. The Lord spake to both Moses and Aaron, because the cognizance of the following matters belonged to both; the priest was to direct the people about the things forbidden or allowed where any doubt or difficulty arose, and the magistrate was to see the direction here given followed.