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Leviticus 11

Lev. 11:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These shall ye eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
of all that are in the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
h: whatsoever hath fins
cnappiyr (Hebrew #5579)
a fin (collectively)
KJV usage: fins.
Pronounce: sen-ap-peer'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
and scales
qasqeseth (Hebrew #7193)
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
KJV usage: mail, scale.
Pronounce: kas-keh'-seth
Origin: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark
in the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, in the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and in the rivers
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
, them shall ye eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 14:9• 9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: (Deut. 14:9)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 14:9‑10• 9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
 10And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. (Deut. 14:9‑10)
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Acts 20:21• 21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 20:21)
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Gal. 5:6• 6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Gal. 5:6)
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James 2:18• 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. (James 2:18)
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1 John 5:2‑5• 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:2‑5)
• It is thoroughly according to its element, that is, in principle, divine order (of course, here presented in a figure), as fishes having scales. (“Leviticus 11-12” by J.N. Darby)
• The Israelite was free to eat of the abundance of the sea whatever had fins and scales. In fact such fish were wholesome; and the marks were easy to discern, like the rules as to land animals. But what believer doubts that a deeper bearing lay under that which is written? As the apostle asked in 1 Cor. 9, Is it for the oxen that God careth, or doth he say it altogether for our sakes? (“Priesthood 15. Law of Creatures in the Waters: Leviticus 11:9-12” by W. Kelly)
• If they had not fins and scales, he must not make them his own. Both divine direction and divine protection are required in all things and at every step. (“Priesthood 15. Law of Creatures in the Waters: Leviticus 11:9-12” by W. Kelly)
• It is through His word, and not our feeling and ideas. “I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.” (“Priesthood 15. Law of Creatures in the Waters: Leviticus 11:9-12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;

W. Kelly Translation

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These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the rivers, these shall ye eat.