Leviticus 11:2

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

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Related Commentaries of 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...
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 wh...
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 sca...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

11 - 15. Ritual Cleanliness and Uncleanliness. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted g...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children. Hebrew sons. These. Hebrew this. Figure of speech Heterosis (of Number), singular for plural. beasts . living creatures. beasts...
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...
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.
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 Aut...
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. F...
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 fi...
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...
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 Is...
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 i...
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 give...
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; t...
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 a...
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...
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, “...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Distinction of Meats. B. C. 1490. 1 An...
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...
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...
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 inform...
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...
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 worl...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III UNCLEANNESS , CEREMONIAL AND MORAL : ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding par...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of Mammals
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. From the animals in ge...
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 ; M...
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,...

² Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 11:2