Deuteronomy 14:9

9 "This [is what] you shall eat from all that [is] in the water: {everything} {that has fins and scales} you may eat.

Deuteronomy 14:9 Meaning and Commentary

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).

Deuteronomy 14:9 In-Context

7 Only these you may not eat from {those chewing the cud} and from {those having a division of the hoof}: the camel and the hare and the coney, because {they chew the cud}, but they [do] not divide the hoof; they are [therefore] unclean for you.
8 And [also] the pig {because it has a division of the hoof} {but does not chew the cud}; it [is] unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their {carcasses}.
9 "This [is what] you shall eat from all that [is] in the water: {everything} {that has fins and scales} you may eat.
10 But {anything that does not have} fins and scales, you may not eat, [for] it [is] unclean for you.
11 "All [of] [the] birds [that] [are] clean you may eat.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "all [of] that"
  • [b]. Literally "for it [is] fins and scales," showing possession of these features
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