Levitikus 11:8

8 Von dieser Fleisch sollt ihr nicht essen noch ihr Aas anrühren; denn sie sind euch unrein.

Levitikus 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:8

Of their flesh shall ye not eat
Meaning, not of swine only, but of the camel, coney, and hare:

and their carcass shall ye not touch;
which must not be understood of touching them in any sense; for then it would have been unlawful for a Jew to have rode upon a camel, or to take out and make use of hog's lard in medicine; but of touching them in order to kill them, and prepare them for food, and eat them; and indeed all unnecessary touching of them is forbidden, lest it should bring them to the eating of them; though perhaps it may chiefly respect the touching of them dead:

they [are] unclean to you:
one and all of them; for as this was said of each of them in particular, so now of all of them together; and which holds good of all wild creatures not named, to whom the description above belongs, and which used to be eaten by other nations; some of which were called Pamphagi, from eating all sorts, and others Agriophagi, from eating wild creatures, as lions, panthers, elephants {l}

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Plin. l. 6. c. 30. Solinus, c. 43.

Levitikus 11:8 In-Context

6 Der Hase wiederkäut auch, aber er spaltet die Klauen nicht; darum ist er euch unrein.

7 Und ein Schwein spaltet wohl die Klauen, aber es wiederkäut nicht; darum soll's euch unrein sein. {~} {~}

8 Von dieser Fleisch sollt ihr nicht essen noch ihr Aas anrühren; denn sie sind euch unrein.

9 Dies sollt ihr essen unter dem, was in Wassern ist: alles, was Floßfedern und Schuppen hat in Wassern, im Meer und in Bächen, sollt ihr essen.

10 Alles aber, was nicht Floßfedern und Schuppen hat im Meer und in Bächen, unter allem, was sich regt in Wassern, und allem, was lebt im Wasser, soll euch eine Scheu sein,