This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
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Gill's Exposition
This is the law of the beasts,.... Clean and unclean, what were to be eaten, and what not,
and of the fowl; Lev 11:2 the unclean ones, which are particularly mentioned that they might be avoided,…
These verses set forth the spiritual ground on which the distinction between clean and unclean is based. Compare the marginal references and Lev 10:10; Lev 20:25-26; 1Pe 1:15-16. The basis of the…
Here is, I. The exposition of this law, or a key to let us into the meaning of it. It was not intended merely for a bill of fare, or as the directions of a physician about their diet, but God would…
Summary. It refers only to the rules about eating, and so makes no reference to Lev 11:24-30. See App. I (c).
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