Leviticus 11:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. Hebrew sons. THESE. Hebrew this. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Number), singular for plural. BEASTS. living creatures. BEASTS. animals. Hebrew. _behemah._ The Hebrew division of animal kingdom was: (1) Land animals; (2) water animals; (3) birds of the air; (4) swarming animals. Deute... [ Continue Reading ]
PARTETH THE HOOF. Compare Deuteronomy 14:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT EAT. These laws are not arbitrary. Food plays. chief part in health and sickness. It is our _wisdom_ to obey these laws now, as far as possible. All are based on the preservation and health of the race. Some for sanitary reasons. Some from peculiarities of climate. Some for separating from other... [ Continue Reading ]
CONEY. the old English name for rabbit.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARE. Only here, and Deuteronomy 14:7. Hebrew. _'arnebeth,_ not yet identified.... [ Continue Reading ]
THING. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOWLS. flying things; very difficult to identify the _English_ names. EAGLE: or vulture. OSSIFRAGE.. rendering of the Hebrew "bone-breaker", from taking their prey up in the air and dropping it on. rock to break it. OSPRAY: or sea eagle.... [ Continue Reading ]
VULTURE: or kite. KITE. falcon.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAVEN, or black birds of all kinds.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUCKOW. Probably. sea-gull.... [ Continue Reading ]
LITTLE OWL, or simply "owl". Only here, Deuteronomy 14:16, and Psalms 102:6. CORMORANT: or the "darter". GREAT OWL. Hebrew "night-bird".... [ Continue Reading ]
SWAN, not our swan: it is variously rendered "ibis", "bat", "heron", and "pelican". PELICAN: or vomiting pelican. GIER EAGLE: or little vulture. Hebrew "the merciful".... [ Continue Reading ]
STORK. Hebrew. _chasidah,_ "the pious": rendered "stork" in Job 39:13 (margin) Psalms 104:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Zechariah 5:9. HERON. Hebrew. _'anaphah,_ "the cruel". LAPWING. Better, the hoopoe,. dirty bird. BAT.. vile creature and symbol of evil (Isaiah 2:20): comes last as. link between two classe... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE: being all "after his kind", are probably four different species of the same, viz.: LOCUST. swarming locust. BALD LOCUST. devouring locust. BEETLE. _chargol_ (or wingless) locust. grasshopper. _chargab_ locust, Numbers 13:33; 2 Chronicles 7:13.Ecclesiastes 12:5.Isaiah 40:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEASTS. living creatures. See note on Leviticus 11:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEASEL. Hebrew. _choled_. the glider or slipper, Occurs only here. MOUSE. Hebrew. _'akbar =_ the corn destroyer. 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:5; 1 Samuel 6:11; 1 Samuel 6:18; Isaiah 66:17. TORTOISE. Hebrew. _zab =_ the inflated, Numbers 5:27. probably. toad.... [ Continue Reading ]
FERRET. hedgehog. Hebrew. _'anakah,_ only here. LIZARD: or wall-lizard. SNAIL. Hebrew. _chomet,_ Psalms 58:8 _= shabbel._... [ Continue Reading ]
UNCLEAN. Better, "most unclean"; so in Leviticus 11:29. WHEN THEY BE DEAD. Compare Leviticus 11:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. food. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), one kind put for all kinds of food. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLENTY. Hebrew. "a gathering together". THAT WHICH. he who.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT EATETH: i.e. ignorantly: otherwise, wilfully, it was the death penalty. Numbers 15:30; Deuteronomy 14:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
MORE. many.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR SELVES. your souls. Hebrew, plural of _nephesh._ App-13. ABOMINABLE. Only here and Leviticus 7:21; Leviticus 11:10; Leviticus 11:20; Leviticus 11:23; Leviticus 11:41; Leviticus 11:42, and Isaiah 66:17; Ezekiel 8:10. The phrase occurs only once more, [ Continue Reading ]
YOURSELVES. your souls. Hebrew, plural of _nephesh._ App-13. FOR. AM HOLY. Compare 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16. and see ch. Leviticus 20:7; Leviticus 20:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT BRINGETH YOU UP, &C. This wondrous redemption is repeatedly appealed to, to magnify Jehovah's grace and Israel's ingratitude. Compare Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 20:1.Joshua 24:17; Judges 2:12, &c. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE LAW OF THE BEASTS, &C.. recapitulation of the four classes. See structure of verses 1-23 in the Leviticus book comments. There it was land, water, flying, and swarming. Here it is land animals, flying, water animals, and swarming. Compare the summary of the sacrificial law, Leviticus 7:3... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE. DIFFERENCE: or, put, &c. Same word as in Leviticus 10:10. MAY NOT BE EATEN. See Leviticus 20:26, and compare Acts 10:11.... [ Continue Reading ]