Negative Commandment #184 of 613
Do not eat non-kosher creatures that crawl on land
Commandment #184 — a prohibition from Leviticus 11:41, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.”
— Leviticus 11:41
Hebrew
מא וְכָל-הַשֶּׁרֶץ, הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל-הָאָרֶץ--שֶׁקֶץ הוּא, לֹא יֵאָכֵל.
Greek (Septuagint)
41 Καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετόν, ὃ ἕρπει ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, βδέλυγμα τοῦτο ἔσται ὑμῖν, οὐ βρωθήσεται.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #162
- 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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