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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 11
The ceremonial law is described by the apostle (Heb. 9:9, 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? from ceremonial uncleanness, the laws concerning which begin with this chapter, which puts a difference between some sorts of flesh-meat and others, allowing some to be eaten as clean and forbidding others as unclean. ?There is one kind of flesh of men.? Nature startles at the thought of... read more