Negative Commandment #182 of 613
Do not eat non-kosher fish
Commandment #182 — a prohibition from Leviticus 11:11, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.”
— Leviticus 11:11
Hebrew
יא וְשֶׁקֶץ, יִהְיוּ לָכֶם; מִבְּשָׂרָם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ, וְאֶת-נִבְלָתָם תְּשַׁקֵּצוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
11 καὶ βδελύγματα ἔσονται ὑμῖν, ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔδεσθε καὶ τὰ θνησιμαῖα αὐτῶν βδελύξεσθε·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #156
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Foods
Related Commandments in “Food”
#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:2
#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Deuteronomy 14:11
#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:9
#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:21
#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals
Leviticus 11:4
#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl
Leviticus 11:13
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