Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 11:27
Upon his paws — Heb. upon his hands, that is, which hath feet divided into several parts like fingers, as dogs, cats, apes, and bears.
Upon his paws — Heb. upon his hands, that is, which hath feet divided into several parts like fingers, as dogs, cats, apes, and bears.
Verse Leviticus 11:27. _WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON HIS PAWS_] כפיו _cappaiv_, his _palms_ or _hands_, probably referring to those animals whose feet resemble the hands and feet of the human being, such as...
UNCLEAN - If the due purification was omitted at the time, through negligence or forgetfulness, a sin-offering was required. See Leviticus 5:2....
III. HOLINESS DEMANDED 1. The Clean and the Unclean CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Concerning the beasts on the earth (Leviticus 11:1)_ 2. Concerning things in the water (Leviticus 11:9) 3. Concerning flying an...
SECOND PROHIBITION. The dead bodies of unclean animals are not to be touched; scrupulous dread could hardly go further. The distinction is repeated from Leviticus 11:1, but a special list of unclean i...
11- 15. RITUAL CLEANLINESS AND UNCLEANLINESS. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1, Purgation for skin diseases; L...
BEASTS. living creatures. See note on Leviticus 11:2....
_goeth upon its paws_ animals like the dog and cat whose feet are hand-like in form, having digits and claws....
Uncleanness caused by Dead Bodies (See introductory note on Leviticus 11:20.) Leviticus 11:24 are a general introduction. -And by these" (Leviticus 11:24) refers to what follows, not to the -winged...
WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON HIS PAWS— In the Hebrew, _whatsoever goeth upon his hands;_ by which is meant _feet_ in some measure resembling _hands,_ so far at least as being divided into distinct parts; suc...
TEXT 11:24-43 24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even; 25 and whosoever beareth _aught_ of the carcass of them shall wash hi...
_AND WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON HIS PAWS, AMONG ALL MANNER OF BEASTS THAT GO ON ALL FOUR, THOSE ARE UNCLEAN UNTO YOU: WHOSO TOUCHETH THEIR CARCASE SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN._ Whoso toucheth their ca...
(LEVITICUS 11-16) THE LAW OF CLEAN AND UNCLEAN This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. Four main types of uncleanness are referred to, viz. th...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AND WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON HIS PAWS. — Rather, _and whatsoever goeth upon his palms,_ that is, those animals whose feet are not divided into two parts, but which have feet with fingers like a hand, suc...
וְ כֹ֣ל ׀ הֹולֵ֣ךְ עַל ־כַּפָּ֗יו בְּ כָל
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS, AND DEFILEMENT BY DEAD BODIES Leviticus 11:1 WITH chapter 11 begins a new section of this book, extending to the end of chapter 15, of which the subject is the law concern...
We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws c...
_Hands. Like a monkey, frog, &c., the fore-feet of which rather resemble hands._...
One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the creeping things of the earth. The grand object evid...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Priesthood being established, there comes the discernment between holy things and profane, and the judgment of defilements (chaps. 11-15), and wha...
WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON HIS PAWS,.... Or "the palms" d of his hands; meaning such creatures, whose feet are not divided into two parts, but into many, like the fingers of an hand, as apes, lions, bears,...
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. Ver. 27. _Paws._] As...
_Upon his paws_ Hebrew, _upon his hands;_ that is, which hath feet divided into several parts, like fingers, as dogs, cats, apes, lions, bears....
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not bee eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 What foules. 29 The creeping things which are vncleane. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying vnto them, 2 Speak...
OF ANIMALS OF THE AIR...
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, or, the bare soles of whose feet touch the ground, as in most beasts of prey, AMONG ALL MANNER OF BEASTS THAT GO ON ALL FOUR, THOSE ARE UNCLEAN UNTO YOU; WHOSO TOUC...
ANIMALS ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR FOOD (VV. 1-8) Never since the flood has man been commanded to be a vegetarian. After the flood Noah was told, “every moving thing that lives shall be food for you” ...
UPON HIS PAWS, Heb. _upon his hands_, i.e. which hath feet divided into several]parts like fingers, as dogs, eats, apes, bears, &c....
The Book of Leviticus may be termed "the priest's guide book." This is very much its character. It is full of principles for the guidance of such as desire to live in the enjoyment of priestly nearnes...
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CONTACT WITH THE DEAD BODIES OF UNCLEAN ANIMALS RENDERS UNCLEAN (LEVITICUS 11:24). We now move on to dead carcasses. These are necessarily outside their proper sphere. They are always unclean apart fr...
CONTENTS: The proper food for God's people defined. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The body is the Lord's and it is sin against God to prejudice health for the pleasing of appetite. KEY WORD:...
Leviticus 11:2. _The beasts which ye shall eat._ The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclean b...
_These are the beasts which ye shall eat._ THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN The Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was shown, b...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:1 The Laws on Cleanness and Uncleanness. Chapter 11 deals with foods that are clean and may be eaten, and foods that are unclean and may not be eaten. Chapter...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:24 The law gradually introduces the theme of death as a defiling force (see “carcasses” in vv. Leviticus 11:8,...
Food: Permitted and Prohibited SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 11:2.—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and fishe...
PART III UNCLEANNESS, CEREMONIAL AND MORAL: ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God by means of sacrifice and the a...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Leviticus eleven? Before we begin in the eleventh chapter of Leviticus, let's take a look at the first few verses of chapter twenty-eight of Deuteronomy, because sometim...
Leviticus 11:20; Leviticus 11:23...