Ver. 9,10. These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten: (See Gill on Leviticus 11:9) (See Gill on Leviticus 11:10) (See Gill on Leviticus 11:11) (See Gill on Leviticus 11:12).
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But you may not eat camels, rabbits, and rock badgers because they chew the cud but they don't have a cloven hoof - that makes them ritually unclean.
8
And pigs: Don't eat pigs - they have a cloven hoof but don't chew the cud, which makes them ritually unclean. Don't even touch a pig's carcass.
9
This is what you may eat from the water: anything that has fins and scales.
10
But if it doesn't have fins or scales, you may not eat it. It's ritually unclean.
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