利未记 11:1-4 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 11:1-8

Now that Aaron was consecrated a high priest over the house of God, God spoke to him with Moses, and appointed them both as joint-commissioners to deliver his will to the people. He spoke both to Moses and to Aaron about this matter; for it was particularly required of the priests that they should put a difference between clean and unclean, and teach the people to do so. After the flood, when God entered into covenant with Noah and his sons, he allowed them to eat flesh (Gen. 9:13), whereas... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron ,.... The one being the chief magistrate, and the other the high priest, and both concerned to see the following laws put into execution; according to Jarchi, the Lord spoke to Moses that he might speak to Aaron; but being now in office, and one part of his office being to distinguish between clean and unclean, the following discourse is directed equally to him as to Moses: saying unto them ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying ,.... For to them only belong the following laws, and not unto the Gentiles, as Jarchi rightly observes; these were parts of the ceremonial law, which was peculiarly given to them, and lay, among other things, in meats and drinks, and now abolished; for it is not what goes into a man that defiles him; nor is anything common or unclean of itself, but every creature of God is good if received with thanksgiving. The sons of Noah had free liberty,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:3

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven footed ,.... That is, whose hoof is parted and cloven quite through; for there are some creatures that have partitions in their feet, but not quite through, they are parted above, but underneath are joined together by a skin; wherefore both these phrases are used to describe the beasts lawful to be eaten: the Egyptians seem to have borrowed this law from the Jews, for Chaeremon says F24 Apud Porphyr. de Abstinentia, l. 4. sect. 7. , that they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:4

Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat ,.... To whom one of these descriptive characters may agree but not the other: of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof : there being some that chewed the cud but did not divide the hoof; others that divided the hoof but did not chew the cud, of which instances are given as follow: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you ; and not to be eaten, whether male or female; or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses - In the preceding chapter the priests are expressly forbidden to drink wine; and the reason for this law is given also, that they might be able at all times to distinguish between clean and unclean, and be qualified to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord had spoken, Leviticus 10:10 , Leviticus 10:11 ; for as inebriation unfits a person for the regular performance of every function of life, it must be especially sinful in those who... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:3

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed - These two words mean the same thing - a divided hoof, such as that of the ox, where the hoof is divided into two toes, and each toe is cased with horn. Cheweth the cud - Ruminates; casts up the grass, etc., which had been taken into the stomach for the purpose of mastication. Animals which chew the cud, or ruminate, are provided with two, three or four stomachs. The ox has four: in the first or largest, called the ventriculus or paunch,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:2

Verse 2 2.These are the beasts which ye shall eat. The holy fathers, before the birth of Moses, knew what animals were unclean; of which fact Noah afforded a manifest proof, when, by God’s command, he took into the ark seven pairs of the clean animals, and offered of them his sacrifice of thanksgiving to God. Certainly he could not have obeyed the command of God, unless he had either been taught by secret inspiration, or unless this tradition had descended to him from his forefathers. But there... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:3

Verse 3 3Whatsoever parteth the hoof. Whilst I fear that but little confidence can be placed in the allegories, in which many have taken delight; so I do not find any fault with, nor even refuse that which has been handed down from the ancients, (39) viz., that by the cleaving of the hoof is signified prudence in distinguishing the mysteries of Scripture, and by the chewing of the cud serious meditation on its heavenly doctrines; although I cannot approve of the subtlety (40) which they add,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:4

Verse 4 4Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of. He more clearly expresses what he had previously glanced at, viz., that an animal, although it may ruminate, shall not be clean unless it also cleaves the hoof; and, on the other hand, that the cloven hoof will not be sufficient unless combined with rumination. In these words Moses taught that partial and imperfect purity must not be obtruded upon God. If any choose to think that rumination is the symbol of internal purity, and the cloven hoof of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 11:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:4

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