Levitikus 11:10

10 Alles aber, was nicht Floßfedern und Schuppen hat im Meer und in Bächen, unter allem, was sich regt in Wassern, und allem, was lebt im Wasser, soll euch eine Scheu sein,

Levitikus 11:10 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:10

And all that have not fins nor scales in the seas, and in
the rivers
Such as eels, lampreys, &c.

of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is]
in the waters;
the former of these are interpreted by Aben Ezra and Ben Gersom of little fishes that have but a small body, and such as are created out of the waters; and the latter, of such as are produced of a male and female; or, as Maimonides ^F18 explains it, the one signifies the lesser creatures, such as worms and horse leeches; the other greater ones, sea beasts, as sea dogs

they shall be an abomination to you;
not only unclean, and so unfit to eat, but to be had in abhorrence and detestation, as being exceeding disagreeable and unwholesome; and, as a learned man observes ^F19, to these prohibited in general belong all those animals in lakes, rivers, or seas, which are of a slow motion, and which, because of the slow motion of their bodies, do not so well digest their food; and for that may be compared with four footed beasts that have but one belly, and so unwholesome as they.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Hilchot Maacolot Asuret, l. 1. c. 2. sect. 12.
F19 Scheuchzer. ut supra, (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2.) p. 287.

Levitikus 11:10 In-Context

8 Von dieser Fleisch sollt ihr nicht essen noch ihr Aas anrühren; denn sie sind euch unrein.

9 Dies sollt ihr essen unter dem, was in Wassern ist: alles, was Floßfedern und Schuppen hat in Wassern, im Meer und in Bächen, sollt ihr essen.

10 Alles aber, was nicht Floßfedern und Schuppen hat im Meer und in Bächen, unter allem, was sich regt in Wassern, und allem, was lebt im Wasser, soll euch eine Scheu sein,

11 daß ihr von ihrem Fleisch nicht eßt und vor ihrem Aas euch scheut. {~}

12 Denn alles, was nicht Floßfedern und Schuppen hat in Wassern, sollt ihr scheuen.