Negative Commandment #187 of 613
Do not eat creatures that live in water other than kosher fish
Commandment #187 — a prohibition from Leviticus 11:43, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.”
— Leviticus 11:43
Hebrew
מג אַל-תְּשַׁקְּצוּ, אֶת-נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם, בְּכָל-הַשֶּׁרֶץ, הַשֹּׁרֵץ; וְלֹא תִטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם, וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּם.
Greek (Septuagint)
43 καὶ οὐ μὴ βδελύξητε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς τοῖς ἕρπουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ οὐ μιανθήσεσθε ἐν τούτοις καὶ οὐκ ἀκάθαρτοι ἔσεσθε ἐν αὐτοῖς·
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 11
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shemini
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #164
- 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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