Leviticus 11:10 meaning and explanation
But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
Leviticus 11:10, Berean Standard Bible
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In context, the LORD is teaching Moses and Aaron what Israel may eat, and verse 10 states the negative side of the rule in verse 9: water creatures without fins and scales are detestable. The Hebrew word sheqets describes something abhorrent, set apart from ordinary use.
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