Deuteronomy 14:10

10 But {anything that does not have} fins and scales, you may not eat, [for] it [is] unclean for you.

Deuteronomy 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:10

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 14:9)

Deuteronomy 14:10 In-Context

8 And [also] the pig {because it has a division of the hoof} {but does not chew the cud}; it [is] unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their {carcasses}.
9 "This [is what] you shall eat from all that [is] in the water: {everything} {that has fins and scales} you may eat.
10 But {anything that does not have} fins and scales, you may not eat, [for] it [is] unclean for you.
11 "All [of] [the] birds [that] [are] clean you may eat.
12 Now these [are] the ones you shall not eat {any of them}: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "all [of] that there is not for it," showing lack of possession of these features
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