Leviticus 11:1

Clean and Unclean Animals

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Leviticus 11:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
The one being the chief magistrate, and the other the high priest, and both concerned to see the following laws put into execution; according to Jarchi, the Lord spoke to Moses that he might speak to Aaron; but being now in office, and one part of his office being to distinguish between clean and unclean, the following discourse is directed equally to him as to Moses:

saying unto them;
as follows.

Leviticus 11:1 In-Context

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

2 "Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'These [are] the animals that you may eat from all the animals that [are] on the land:

3 Any among the animals that has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in [the] hoof, such you may eat.

4 However, these you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have a divided hoof: the camel, because it [is] a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided--it [is] unclean for you;

5 and the coney, because it [is] a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided--it [is] unclean for you;

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"