Leviticus 11:1

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying to them,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

New American Standard Bible
The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying vnto them,

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron

Complete Jewish Bible
(vi) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and said to them,

Good News Translation
The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE talked wt Moses & Aaron & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, and sayde vnto them:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying vnto them,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and Aaron, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them.

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

New King James Version
Deuteronomy 14:3-21">[xr] Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses and Aaron: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, Of all the animals on Earth, these are the animals that you may eat:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Contextual Overview

¹ And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ² Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth. ³ You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again. ⁴ But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you. ⁵ And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you. ⁶ And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you. ⁷ And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back. ⁸ Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:2 - every clean Genesis 8:20 - clean beast Genesis 9:3 - Every Leviticus 15:1 - Aaron Leviticus 20:25 - put difference Acts 10:14 - for Hebrews 13:9 - not with

Cross-References

Isaiah 19:18
In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making oaths to the Lord of armies; and one of them will be named, The Town of the Sun.

Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.

Acts 2:6
And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... The one being the chief magistrate, and the other the high priest, and both concerned to see the following laws put into execution; according to Jarchi, the Lord spoke to Moses that he might speak to Aaron; but being now in office, and one part of his office being to distinguish between clean and unclean, the following discourse is directed equally to him as to Moses:

saying unto them; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yahweh speaks to Moses and Aaron conjointly. (Compare Leviticus 13:1; Leviticus 15:1.) The high priest, in regard to the legal purifications, is treated as co-ordinate with the legislator.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XI

Laws concerning clean and unclean animals, 1, 2.

Of QUADRUPEDS, those are clean which divide the hoof and

chew the cud, 3.

Those to be reputed unclean which do not divide the hoof,

though they chew the cud, 4-6.

Those to be reputed unclean also which, though they divide the

hoof, do not chew the cud, 7.

Whosoever eats their flesh, or touches their carcasses, shall

be reputed unclean, 8.

Of FISH, those are clean, and may be eaten which have fins and

scales, 9.

Those which have not fins and scales to be reputed unclean,

10-12.

Of FOWLS, those which are unclean, 13-21.

Of INSECTS, the following may be eaten: the bald locust,

beetle, and grasshopper, 22.

All others are unclean and abominable, their flesh not to be

eaten, nor their bodies touched, 23-25.

Farther directions relative to unclean beasts, 26-28.

Of REPTILES, and some small quadrupeds, those which are

unclean, 29, 39.

All that touch them shall be unclean, 31;

and the things touched by their dead carcasses are unclean

also, 32-35.

Large fountains, or pits of water, are not defiled by their

carcasses, provided a part of the water be drawn out, 36.

Nor do they defile seed by accidentally touching it, provided

the water which has touched their flesh do not touch or moisten

the seed, 37, 38.

A beast that dieth of itself is unclean, and may not be touched

or eaten, 39, 40.

All creeping things are abominable, 41-44.

The reason given for these laws, 45-47.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Leviticus 11:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses — In the preceding chapter the priests are expressly forbidden to drink wine; and the reason for this law is given also, that they might be able at all times to distinguish between clean and unclean, and be qualified to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord had spoken, Leviticus 10:10-11; for as inebriation unfits a person for the regular performance of every function of life, it must be especially sinful in those who minister in holy things, and to whom the teaching of the ignorant, and the cure of souls in general, are intrusted.

Scheuchzer has remarked that no Christian state has made any civil law against drunkenness, (he must only mean the German states, for we have several acts of parliament against it in England,) and that it is only punished by contempt. "Custom," says he, "that tyrant of the human race, not only permits it, but in some sort authorizes the practice, insomuch that we see priests and ministers of the Church ascend the pulpit in a state of intoxication, judges seat themselves upon the benches, physicians attend their patients, and others attempt to perform the different avocations of life, in the same disgraceful state." - Physic. Sacr., vol. iii., p. 64.

This is a horrible picture of German manners; and while we deplore the extensive ravages made by this vice, and the disgrace with which its votaries are overwhelmed, we have reason to thank God that it very rarely has ever appeared in the pulpit, and perhaps was never once seen upon the bench, in our own country.

Having delivered the law against drinking wine, Moses proceeds to deliver a series of ordinances, all well calculated to prevent the Israelites from mixing with the surrounding nations, and consequently from being contaminated by their idolatry. In Leviticus 11:0 he treats of unclean MEATS. In Leviticus 12:0, Leviticus 13:0, Leviticus 14:0, and Leviticus 15:0, he treats of unclean PERSONS, GARMENTS, and DWELLINGS. In Leviticus 16:0 he treats of the uncleanness of the PRIESTS and the PEOPLE, and prescribes the proper expiations and sacrifices for both. In Leviticus 17:0 he continues the subject, and gives particular directions concerning the mode of offering, c. In Leviticus 18:0 he treats of unclean matrimonial connections. In Leviticus 19:0 he repeats sundry laws relative to these subjects, and introduces some new ones. In Leviticus 20:0 he mentions certain uncleannesses practised among the idolatrous nations, and prohibits them on pain of death. In Leviticus 21:0 he treats of the mourning, marriages, and personal defects of the priests, which rendered them unclean. And in Leviticus 22:0 he speaks of unclean sacrifices, or such as should not be offered to the Lord. After this, to the close of the book, many important and excellent political and domestic regulations are enjoined, the whole forming an eccleslastico-political system superior to any thing the world ever saw.

Bishop Wilson very properly observes that, "by these laws of clean and unclean animals, &c., God did keep this people separated from the idolatrous world: and this is a standing proof, even to the present day, of the Divine authority of these Scriptures for no power or art of man could have obliged so great and turbulent a nation to submit to such troublesome precepts as the Jews always have submitted to, had they not been fully convinced, from the very first, that the command was from God, and that it was to be obeyed at the peril of their souls."