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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:21

Yet these may ye eat ,.... Which are after described and named: of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four ; even though it is a creeping thing that flies and goes upon four feet, provided they be such: which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth ; there is a double reading of this clause; the textual reading is, "which have not legs", and is followed by several interpreters and translators; and the marginal reading, which we follow, is, "which have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat , &c.; The four following ones, which seem to be no other than four sorts of locusts: the locust after his kind ; this is the common locust, called by the name of Arbeh, from the great multiplication and vast multitudes of them; the phrase, "after his kind", and which also is used in all the following instances, signifies the whole entire species of them, which might be eaten: and the bald locust after his kind ; which in the Hebrew text is Soleam,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:23

But all other flying creeping things ,.... Excepting the four sorts before mentioned, wherefore we rightly supply the word "other": which have four feet ; or more; the Vulgate Latin version adds, "only", but wrongly; for those that have more are unclean, and forbidden to be eaten, excepting those in the preceding verse; and most creeping things that fly have six feet, as the locusts themselves, reckoning their leaping legs into the number; though it may be observed, that those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:24

And for these ye shalt be unclean ,.... That is, for eating them; or should they eat them they would be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even ; not only he was unclean that ate them, but he that even touched their dead bodies was reckoned unclean; might not go into the tabernacle, nor have conversation with men, nor eat of the holy things, which were forbid men in any uncleanness; and though there is no mention of his washing himself, it may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:25

And whosoever beareth ought of the carcass of them ,.... That carries them from one place to another, out of the camp, city, village, or house or field where they may lie; and though this is done with a good design, as being offensive or infectious, yet such an one shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; from whence both Jarchi and Aben Ezra infer, that the pollution by hearing or carrying is greater than that by touching; since such a man, so defiled, was obliged to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:26

The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven footed ,.... As the camel: nor cheweth the cud ; though it may divide the hoof, as the swine; and on the other hand, such as may chew the cud, and yet not dividing the hoof, as the coney and hare; for the Scripture here, as Aben Ezra observes again, uses a short and concise way of speaking: these are unclean unto you ; to be reckoned by them such, and neither to be eaten nor touched: everyone that toucheth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:27

Whatsoever goeth upon his paws ,.... Or "the palms" F4 על כפיו "super volas suas", Pagninus, Montanus, "super manus suas", Munster, Tigurine version, Drusius. of his hands; meaning such creatures, whose feet are not divided into two parts, but into many, like the fingers of an hand, as apes, lions, bears, wolves, foxes, dogs, cats, &c.; among all manner of beasts that go on all four ; this is added, to distinguish them from fowl, such as are clean; who walk but on two... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:28

And he that beareth the carcass of them ,.... Carries it upon any account, from place to place: shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; as he that bore the carcasses of any of the flying creeping things, Leviticus 11:25 . they are unclean to you ; even the carcasses of the one and of the other; and to all the Israelites, men, women, and children, as Aben Ezra observes. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:13

And these - among the fowls - the eagle - נשר nesher , from nashar , to lacerate, cut, or tear to pieces; hence the eagle, a most rapacious bird of prey, from its tearing the flesh of the animals it feeds on; and for this purpose birds of prey have, in general, strong, crooked talons and a hooked beak. The eagle is a cruel bird, exceedingly ravenous, and almost insatiable. The ossifrage - Or bone-breaker, from os , a bone, and frango , I break, because it not only strips off... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:14

The vulture - דאה daah , from the root to fly, and therefore more probably the kite or glede, from its remarkable property of gliding or sailing with expanded wings through the air. The דאה daah is a different bird from the דיה daiyah , which signifies the vulture. See Bochart, vol. iii., col. 195. The kite - איה aiyah , thought by some to be the vulture, by others the merlin. Parkhurst thinks it has its name from the root אוה avah , to covet, because of its... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:14

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