King James Version
Deuteronomy 14:10 in the King James Version says “And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.”
Deuteronomy 14:10 · KJV
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and scales”
H7193a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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