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and whatever doesn`t have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.
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A Mark of Distinction
Commentators explain that this rule about sea creatures without fins and scales was part of a larger system of laws designed to make Israel a 'holy people.' These dietary restrictions served as a constant, practical reminder that they were chosen by God and were to be separate from the practices of their idolatrous neighbors.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Compare to Leviticus 11.) The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the s…
19th Century
Anglican
See Leviticus 11:9-12.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Deuteronomy 14:9)
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