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Leviticus 11:47
Leviticus 11:47
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Leviticus 11 — OverviewLeviticus 11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe ceremonial law is described by the apostle (Heb. ix. 9, 10) to
consist, not only "in gifts and sacrifices," which hitherto have been
treated of in this book, but "in meats, and drinks, and divers
washings"…Leviticus 11 — OverviewLeviticus 11 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLeviticus 11:1, What beasts may; Leviticus 11:4, and what may not be eaten; Leviticus 11:9, What fishes; Leviticus 11:13, What fowls; Leviticus 11:29, The creeping things which are unclean.Leviticus 11 — OverviewLeviticus 11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis 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 then of fishes, which are likewise described, Le 11:9 after that of fowls, and those…Leviticus 11:1-47Leviticus 11:1-47 · The Pulpit CommentaryPART III UNCLEANNESS, CEREMONIAL AND MORAL: ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT
SECTION I
EXPOSITION
THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God by means of sacrifice and the appointed…Leviticus 11:43-47Leviticus 11:43-47 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. The exposition of this law, or a key to let us into the
meaning of it. It was not intended merely for a bill of fare, or as the
directions of a physician about their diet, but God would hereby teach…Leviticus 11:44-47Leviticus 11:44-47 · The Pulpit CommentaryThese concluding verses give a religious sanction to the previous regulations, and make them matters of sacred, not merely sanitary or political, obligation. They were to sanctify themselves, that is, to avoid…