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Leviticus 11:9
Leviticus 11:9 is verse 9 of Leviticus chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
King James Version
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
World English Bible
“‘You may eat of all these that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
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Leviticus 11:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
11 They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 14:9Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
Deuteronomy 14:10but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
Acts 20:21testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
James 2:18But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
1 John 5:5Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.