Levítico 11:12

12 Todo animal del agua que no tenga tanto aletas como escamas es detestable para ti.

Levítico 11:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:12

Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters
Which is repeated that they might take particular notice of this law, and be careful to observe it, this being the only sign given:

that [shall be] an abomination unto you;
the Targum of Jonathan says, that not only the flesh of such fish, but the broth, and pickles made of them, were to be an abomination; which contradicts what Pliny

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 relates, that the Jews made a pickle of fishes that lacked scales; so Grotius understands him: this law of the Jews is taken notice of by Porphyry ^F21, who says, it is forbidden all the Jews to eat horse flesh, or fishes that lack scales, or any animal that has but one hoof: and Pliny ^F23, from an ancient author, Cassius Hemina, makes mention of a law of Numa, forbidding the use of fish that had not scales, in feasts made for the gods.

F20 Nat. Hist. l. 31. c. 8.
F21 De Abstinentia, l. 4. c. 14.
F23 Nat. Hist. l. 32. c. 2.

Levítico 11:12 In-Context

10 Sin embargo, nunca comas ningún animal del mar o de los ríos que no tenga aletas y escamas. Son detestables para ti. Esto incluye tanto a las criaturas pequeñas que viven en aguas poco profundas como a todas las criaturas que viven en aguas profundas.

11 Siempre serán detestables para ti. Nunca deberás comer su carne, ni siquiera tocar su cadáver.

12 Todo animal del agua que no tenga tanto aletas como escamas es detestable para ti.

13 »Estas son las aves que son detestables para ti y no deberás comerlas: el buitre grifón, el quebrantahuesos, el buitre de cabeza negra,

14 el milano, los halcones de toda clase,