Leviticus 11:9

Clean and Unclean Water Creatures

11:9 “‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, ¹  whether in the seas or in the streams, ²  you may eat.

Leviticus 7:26

7:26 And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live. ³ 

Leviticus 19:26

Blood, Hair, and Body

19:26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ⁴  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ⁵ 

[11:9]  ¹ tn Heb “all which have fin and scale” (see also vv. 10 and 12).

[11:9]  ² tn Heb “in the water, in the seas and in the streams” (see also vv. 10 and 12).

[7:26]  ³ tn Heb “and any blood you must not eat in any of your dwelling places, to the bird and to the animal.”

[19:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “You shall not eat on the blood.” See the extensive remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 319-20, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 132-33. The LXX has “on the mountains,” suggesting that this is a prohibition against illegitimate places and occasions of worship, not the eating of blood.

[19:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “You shall not practice divination and you shall not practice soothsaying”; cf. NRSV “practice augury or witchcraft.” For suggestions regarding the practices involved see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 133, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 320.