Imamat 11:9-12

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. 11:10 But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you. 11:11 Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest. 11:12 Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

[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).