Lévitique 11:1-6

1 L'Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron, en leur disant:

2 Parlez aux enfants d'Israël, et dites: Voici les animaux que vous mangerez, d'entre toutes les bêtes qui sont sur la terre:

3 Vous mangerez parmi le bétail tout ce qui a l'ongle divisé et le pied fourché, et qui rumine;

4 Mais vous ne mangerez point d'entre celles qui ruminent, et d'entre celles qui ont l'ongle divisé: le chameau, car il rumine, mais il n'a point l'ongle divisé; il vous sera souillé;

5 Le lapin, car il rumine, mais il n'a point l'ongle divisé; il vous sera souillé;

6 Le lièvre, car il rumine, mais il n'a point l'ongle divisé; il vous sera souillé;

Lévitique 11:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 11

This chapter treats of creatures clean and unclean, as fit or not fit to be eaten; and first of beasts, whose signs are given, Le 11:1-8 then of fishes, which are likewise described, Le 11:9-12 after that of fowls, and those that are not to be eaten are particularly named, Le 11:13-19 next of creeping things, which are distinguished into two sorts, as flying creeping things, of which those that are unclean, their carcasses are not even to be touched, as neither the carcasses of unclean beasts, Le 11:20-28 and creeping things on the earth, which defile by touching, as well as eating, and make everything unclean, upon which, being dead, they fall, Le 11:29-43 and these laws are enforced from the holiness and goodness of God, Le 11:44,45 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of them, Le 11:46,47.