Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:9
These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
9, 10. On clean and unclean Fishes; Lev 11:9-12 substantially the same but more elaborate. On the numerous fishes of Palestine see Tristram, 162 ff. No species are here enumerated, nor in the rest of the O.T.; but, chiefly under foreign influence, specific names appear in the Talmud and Mishna. On their use as food see Kennedy in E.B. and the present writer’s Jerusalem, i. 317 f. The rule given here, that only those with fins (points) or scales are clean practically rules out eels 1 [133] , lampreys and others, with of course all shellfish, some of which are wholesome fare. In inquiring for a reason for their exclusion, their likeness in shape to serpents must be kept in view; on the sacredness of fish (including eels) to certain Semitic deities see W. R. Smith, Rel. Sem. 157 ff. In Arabia the practice varies. Fish are eaten in Madaba and Kerak and on the coasts of the peninsula; but inland Arabs though eating lizards and locusts appear to abhor fish: ‘the most have never seen them and do not desire them’ (Musil, Ethn. Ber. 21). The true Bedawee despises the fish-eater (Georg Jacob, op. cit. 25). Cp. Baldensperger, PEFQ, 1905, 119.
[133] Eels have indeed numerous small scales.
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Ver. 9,10. These ye shall eat of, all that are in the waters,…. The fishes there, even such as have fins and scales, but they that have not were not to be eaten:
[See comments on Le 11:9] [See comments on Le 11:10] [See comments on Le 11:11] [See comments on Le 11:12].
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Verses 9, 10:
Aquatic creatures that were clean were those with both scales and fins. Unclean sea creatures were those with fins and no scales, or scales and no fins. See Lev 11:9-12.
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(9-10) See Lev. 11:9-12.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. Nearly the same as in Lev 11:9.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The same observations will meet us here concerning the food of fish and of birds, as under the foregoing of beasts. Spiritually considered, and with an eye to the gospel dispensation, the whole are of importance, meaning that all uncleanness is forbidden: and these things are not only commanded to be abstained from in the deed, but even in the very word: and not once to be named among the LORD’S heritage, as becometh saints. Eph 5:3 .
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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Deu 14:9-10
9These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat, 10but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
Deu 14:9 anything that has fins and scales This is the basic guideline of Lev 11:9-12. Again the exact reasons for the prohibitions are not given anywhere in the OT. See note at Deu 14:3.
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These. Compare Lev 11:9-12.
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Lev 11:9-12