But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is detestable to you. You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:10-11
Don't eat shellfish, cetaceans, sharks, catfish, or cephalopods. God wants us to see them as detestable. He wants us to look at them and say "Eww! No way!"
There are a couple of words translated as "detestable" and "abominable" in the Old Testament. The word used to describe unclean animals that people shouldn't eat means exactly what it seems to mean in this verse: it's disgusting. That's God's opinion, not mine.
https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2021/03/detesta
Rhy Bezuidenhout
GidgetsMom had a discussion about tuna as they have micro scales and I believe shark have a similar skin type. This is totally apposite to the skins of whales and dolphins so it has always made me wonder.
Delete Comment
Are you sure that you want to delete this comment ?