Leviticus 11:17-27

17 bubonem et mergulum et ibin

18 cycnum et onocrotalum et porphirionem

19 erodionem et charadrion iuxta genus suum opupam quoque et vespertilionem

20 omne de volucribus quod graditur super quattuor pedes abominabile erit vobis

21 quicquid autem ambulat quidem super quattuor pedes sed habet longiora retro crura per quae salit super terram

22 comedere debetis ut est brucus in genere suo et attacus atque ophiomachus ac lucusta singula iuxta genus suum

23 quicquid autem ex volucribus quattuor tantum habet pedes execrabile erit vobis

24 et quicumque morticina eorum tetigerit polluetur et erit inmundus usque ad vesperum

25 et si necesse fuerit ut portet quippiam horum mortuum lavabit vestimenta sua et inmundus erit usque ad solis occasum

26 omne animal quod habet quidem ungulam sed non dividit eam nec ruminat inmundum erit et quicquid tetigerit illud contaminabitur

27 quod ambulat super manus ex cunctis animantibus quae incedunt quadrupedia inmundum erit qui tetigerit morticina eorum polluetur usque ad vesperum

Leviticus 11:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 11

This chapter treats of creatures clean and unclean, as fit or not fit to be eaten; and first of beasts, whose signs are given, Le 11:1-8 then of fishes, which are likewise described, Le 11:9-12 after that of fowls, and those that are not to be eaten are particularly named, Le 11:13-19 next of creeping things, which are distinguished into two sorts, as flying creeping things, of which those that are unclean, their carcasses are not even to be touched, as neither the carcasses of unclean beasts, Le 11:20-28 and creeping things on the earth, which defile by touching, as well as eating, and make everything unclean, upon which, being dead, they fall, Le 11:29-43 and these laws are enforced from the holiness and goodness of God, Le 11:44,45 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of them, Le 11:46,47.