Leviticus 11:11

11 They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies disgusting.

Leviticus 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:11

They shall be even an abomination to you
This is repeated again and again, to deter from the eating of such fishes, lest there should be any desire after them:

ye shall not eat of their flesh,
here mention is made of the flesh of fishes, as is by the apostle, ( 1 Corinthians 15:39 ) . Aben Ezra observes, that their wise men say, this is according to the usage of words in those ages:

but you shall have their carcasses in abomination;
not only abstain from eating them and touching them, but to express the utmost aversion to them.

Leviticus 11:11 In-Context

9 "Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water which you may eat--anything in the seas and streams that has fins and scales.
10 However, you must consider all swarming creatures living in the seas or the streams that have no fins or scales disgusting.
11 They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies disgusting.
12 Every creature in the water without fins or scales is disgusting to you.
13 "Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
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