Leviticus 11:11

11 Be sure to avoid them. Do not eat their meat. Do not even touch their dead bodies.

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 " 'Many creatures live in the water of the oceans and streams. You can eat all of those that have fins and scales.

10 " 'But be sure to avoid all of the creatures in the oceans or streams that do not have fins and scales. That includes all of those that move together in groups and all of those that do not.

11 Be sure to avoid them. Do not eat their meat. Do not even touch their dead bodies.

12 Be sure to avoid everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.

13 " 'Here are the birds you must be sure to avoid. Do not eat them. Be sure to avoid them. " 'They include eagles, vultures and black vultures.