John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 11:10
And all that have not fins nor scales in the seas, and in the rivers ,.... Such as eels, lampreys, &c.; of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters ; the former of these are interpreted by Aben Ezra and Ben Gersom of little fishes that have but a small body, and such as are created out of the waters; and the latter, of such as are produced of a male and female; or, as Maimonides F18 Hilchot Maacolot Asuret, l. 1. c. 2. sect. 12. explains it,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 11:9-19
Here is, 1. A general rule concerning fishes, which were clean and which not. All that had fins and scales they might eat, and only those odd sorts of water-animals that have not were forbidden, Lev. 11:9, 10. The ancients accounted fish the most delicate food (so far were they from allowing it on fasting-days, or making it an instance of mortification to eat fish); therefore God did not lay much restraint upon his people in them; for he is a Master that allows his servants not only for... read more