Levítico 11:8

8 "No comeréis de su carne ni tocaréis sus cadáveres; serán inmundos para vosotros.

Levítico 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.

Levítico 11:8 In-Context

6 el conejo, porque aunque rumia, no tiene pezuña dividida; será inmundo para vosotros;

7 y el cerdo, porque aunque tiene pezuña dividida, formando así un casco hendido, no rumia; será inmundo para vosotros.

8 "No comeréis de su carne ni tocaréis sus cadáveres; serán inmundos para vosotros.

9 "De todos los animales que hay en las aguas, podréis comer éstos: todos los que tienen aletas y escamas en las aguas, en los mares o en los ríos, podréis comer.

10 "Pero todos los que no tienen aletas ni escamas en los mares y en los ríos, entre todo lo que se mueve en las aguas y entre todas las criaturas vivientes que están en el agua, os serán abominación;