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Leviticus 11:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
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And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean
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.
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
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Leviticus 11:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying"
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."
Leviticus 11:3
"Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat."
Leviticus 11:4
"Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean"
Leviticus 11:5
"And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean"
Leviticus 11:6
"And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean"
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