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</div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘This <i>is</i> the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />This is the law regarding the animal, and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters, and everything that swarms on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is the law regarding the animal and the bird and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is the law regarding the animal and the bird and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"These are the instructions about animals, birds, and every living creature that swims in the water and every creature that swarms on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This, then, is the law about animals and birds, about everything that lives in the water, and everything that moves on the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law concerning animals, every living creature that moves on the waters or swarms on land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that crawls on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />This [is] a law of the beasts, and of the bird, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This is a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This the law of cattle, and of bird, and of every living soul creeping in the water, and for every soul creeping upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />This is the law of animals and flying things, and of every living soul that moves in the waters or creeps upon the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the instruction for land animals, birds, and all the creatures that move about in the water, as well as any animal that swarms on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law pertaining to land animal and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of beast and of fowl and of every living creature that moves in the water and of every creature that creeps upon the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />This is the Written Law of cattle and of birds and of every living soul that swarms in water and of every soul that creeps in the Earth:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that swarmeth upon the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-46.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2754" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">45</span>For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. <span class="reftext">46</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">regarding animals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">birds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ha·ḥay·yāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">living</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">creatures</a> <a href="/hebrew/7430.htm" title="7430: hā·rō·me·śeṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. To crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm.">that move</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: bam·mā·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">in the water,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·lə·ḵāl- (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">creatures</a> <a href="/hebrew/8317.htm" title="8317: haš·šō·re·ṣeṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To swarm, teem. A primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. swarm or abound.">that crawl</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">along</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground.</a> </span><span class="reftext">47</span>You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12-15</a></span><br />It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2-3</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; / and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-21</a></span><br />You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a></span><br />“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-28.htm">Acts 15:28-29</a></span><br />It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-27</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” / If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3-4</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. / But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></span><br />They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Leviticus 7:37</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Leviticus 14:54</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the law of him that hath an issue, and <i>of him</i> whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-19.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Moves</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Moveth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-3.htm">Pertaining</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Swarmeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Swarms</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Water</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-12.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm">Creature</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Law</a> <a href="/numbers/4-5.htm">Moves</a> <a href="/numbers/1-51.htm">Moveth</a> <a href="/numbers/9-22.htm">Moving</a> <a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Pertaining</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-7.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-9.htm">Swarmeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-42.htm">Swarms</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-5.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-5.htm">Water</a> <a href="/numbers/5-22.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">What animals may be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">and what may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">What fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">What fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">The creeping things which are unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These dietary laws distinguished clean from unclean animals, serving as a daily reminder of their covenant relationship with God. The distinction between clean and unclean animals is also seen in <a href="/genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7</a>, where Noah is instructed to take clean animals by sevens and unclean by twos into the ark. This separation underscores the theme of holiness and purity that runs throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>birds</b><br>Birds are included in the dietary laws, with specific species listed as unclean. The prohibition against eating certain birds may have been due to their scavenging nature, which could symbolize impurity. Birds like eagles, vultures, and ravens are mentioned as unclean, possibly because they feed on carrion. In the New Testament, Jesus uses birds as examples of God's provision (<a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a>), showing a shift from dietary restrictions to spiritual lessons.<p><b>all living creatures that move in the water</b><br>The laws extend to aquatic life, with only those having fins and scales deemed clean. This would exclude shellfish and other sea creatures, which were common in the diets of surrounding nations. The restriction may have served to protect the Israelites from health risks associated with consuming certain types of seafood. The emphasis on fins and scales can be seen as a metaphor for discernment and separation, qualities that are spiritually significant in the life of a believer.<p><b>and all creatures that crawl along the ground</b><br>This includes insects and other small creatures, many of which are declared unclean. The prohibition against eating creatures that crawl on the ground may symbolize the need to avoid things that are lowly or base. In a broader sense, it reflects the call to rise above earthly desires and live a life of holiness. The New Testament reiterates the importance of spiritual cleanliness, as seen in Peter's vision in <a href="/acts/10.htm">Acts 10</a>, where God declares all foods clean, symbolizing the inclusion of Gentiles into the faith.<br><br>These dietary laws, while specific to the Israelites, point to a greater spiritual truth about living a life set apart for God. They foreshadow the ultimate purity and holiness found in Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers a new covenant based on grace and faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including dietary laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God to whom these laws were given as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the laws from God, including the dietary laws outlined in Leviticus.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/clean_and_unclean_animals.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></b><br>Categories of animals defined by God to guide the Israelites in their dietary practices.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received these laws during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_holiness.htm">Understanding God's Holiness</a></b><br>The dietary laws were given to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation. They remind us of God's holiness and our call to live distinct lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_trust.htm">Obedience and Trust</a></b><br>Following God's commands, even when they seem difficult or unclear, is an act of trust and obedience. This principle applies to all areas of our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_purity.htm">Symbolism of Purity</a></b><br>The distinction between clean and unclean animals symbolizes the importance of spiritual purity and separation from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ's_fulfillment_of_the_law.htm">Christ's Fulfillment of the Law</a></b><br>Jesus fulfilled the law, including dietary restrictions, allowing us to focus on the heart's condition rather than external observance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_consideration.htm">Community and Consideration</a></b><br>While we have freedom in Christ, we should be considerate of others' convictions and seek unity within the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_i_fully_devote_myself_to_god.htm">How does cleanliness relate to godliness in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_disapprove_of_eating_shrimp.htm">Does God disapprove of eating shrimp?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_peter's_vision_contradict_leviticus_11.htm">Acts 10:9-16 - Does Peter's vision about eating unclean animals contradict Leviticus 11 and God's previous dietary laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_ban_finless,_scaleless_creatures.htm">In Leviticus 11:12, all creatures without fins and scales are forbidden. How can this sweeping restriction be justified scientifically?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(46) <span class= "bld">This is the law of the beasts.</span>--This is a recapitulation of the different classes of animals proscribed in the dietary laws. It will, however, be seen that in this summary they are not enumerated in the same order in which they are discussed in the chapter before us. In the dietary law the order of the four classes is as follows :--(1) the land animals, (2) the water animals, (3) the birds of the air, and (4) the swarming animals; whilst the order of the summary is:--(1) the land animals, (2) the birds of the air, (3) the water animals, and (4) the swarming animals. Exactly the same is the case in the summary of the sacrificial law. (See <a href="/context/leviticus/7-37.htm" title="This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;">Leviticus 7:37-38</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-46.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֣את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">regarding animals,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּהֵמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">birds,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָע֔וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹל֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">living</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחַיָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥay·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">creatures</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֣פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">that move</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֹמֶ֖שֶׂת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rō·me·śeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7430.htm">Strong's 7430: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the water,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ḵāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">creatures</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֖פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">that crawl</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֹּׁרֶ֥צֶת</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šō·re·ṣeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8317.htm">Strong's 8317: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wriggle, swarm, abound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:46 This is the law of the animal (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-45.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:45"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:45" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:47"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:47" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>