Leviticus 11:11

11 they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall have their carcasses in abomination.

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 These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, those shall you eat.

10 But all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of any reptile in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you;

11 they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall have their carcasses in abomination.

12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they shall be an abomination: the eagle, the ossifrage, the ospray,