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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Leviticus 11:1-47

FIRST SECTIONLaws of Clean and Unclean Food“The Cleanness of the Sacrifice—or the Contrast of the Clean and Unclean Animals.”—LangeLeviticus 11:1-471And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts [animals1] which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven footed [and completely separates the hoof2], and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 11:1-47

We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws concerning sustenance. It may at least be affirmed that these requirements were based on the soundest laws of health. God, who perfectly understands the physical structure of man, knows what is good and what is harmful. There can be very little doubt that a careful examination of these provisions... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:32-33

Containers Contaminated By Dead Animals Or Creeping Things Must Be Washed Or Destroyed (Leviticus 11:32-33 ). Leviticus 11:32-33 “And on whatever any of them, when they are dead, falls, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it may be, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even. Then shall it be clean. And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:1-47

11– 15. Ritual Cleanliness and Uncleanliness. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1-Jonah :, Purgation for skin diseases; Leviticus 14:33-Philemon :, “ Leprosy” in houses, and general conclusion to the Law; Leviticus 15, “ Issues.”Probably to most modern readers, this section is the least intelligible in the book. We must consider it ( a) in its ethnological and ( b) its specifically Hebrew aspect, ( a) ... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:24-42

Leviticus 11:24-Luke : . Second Prohibition.— The dead bodies of unclean animals are not to be touched; scrupulous dread could hardly go further. The distinction is repeated from Leviticus 11:1-Isaiah :, but a special list of unclean insects is given, corresponding to the list of clean insects in Leviticus 11:22. If the dead body, or any part of one, is carried or touched, the clothes must be washed, and the person remains unclean himself for the rest of the day. Utensils which touch the dead... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Leviticus 11:1-47

Food: Permitted and ProhibitedSUGGESTIVE READINGSLeviticus 11:2.—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and fishes specified, valuable information will be found in Whitlaw’s Code of Health; also in Calmet; and a useful summary in the Critical and Explanatory Commentary on this chapter]How noteworthy the fact that the glorious Jehovah should extend his oversight of Israel to such minute dietic and sanitary... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:1-47

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Leviticus eleven?Before we begin in the eleventh chapter of Leviticus, let's take a look at the first few verses of chapter twenty-eight of Deuteronomy, because sometimes we're prone to get bogged down in the law, and we think, "Oh my, I wish we could just pass over this." Is this really necessary? Aren't we under the grace of God and living in the age of grace? But in reality it is important that God is, that we realize that God is laying down for us certain... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 11:1-47

Leviticus 11:2. The beasts which ye shall eat. The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclean beasts, as was intimated to Noah, when he received into the ark seven of the clean for one of the unclean. The reasons for this distinction are in the first place such as regard health. Cattle which feed on grass and chew the cud, are allowed to be the most salubrious for food. Dr. Buchan says... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 11:2-47

Leviticus 11:2-47These are the beasts which ye shall eat.The clean and the uncleanThe Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was shown, by the vision of a sheet let down from heaven, not only that all nations were now to receive the gospel message, but that all kinds of food were now clean, and that all the prohibitions which had formerly been laid upon them for legal purposes were now once for all withdrawn. A Christian... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 11:32

Lev 11:32 And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. Ver. 32. It shall be unclean. ] With a ceremonial uncleanness only, and not moral: howbeit, the disobedience, even in such a small matter, brought a guilt upon the soul, which did defile,... read more

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