(Compare to Leviticus 11.) The variations here, whether omi ions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the sp…

That he may eat it. —Literally, and he will eat it. The common practice, and not the intention of the writer, ma…

You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself.

The eating of any carcass, or of flesh torn by wild beasts, is reckoned among th…

You shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself
This law is repeated from (Leviticus 17:15) , (Se…

Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual bl…