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All that don`t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
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Defining Unclean Sea Life
Commentators clarify that this prohibition is comprehensive, covering all aquatic life that lacks both fins and scales. This includes creatures like eels, lampreys, all shellfish (such as crabs, lobsters, and clams), and even large sea mammals. The term 'abomination' indicates these were to be considered not just inedible but detestable.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Of all that move in the waters. —That is, apart from the fishes exhibiting the above-named signs, all other inhabitants o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all that have not fins nor scales in the seas, and in the rivers Such as eels, la…
Presbyterian
These laws seem to have been intended,
As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…
