Leviticus 11:11 (ASV)

Passage

and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:9 These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

Leviticus 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you,

Leviticus 11:11 and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

Leviticus 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you.

Leviticus 11:13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "abomination", "flesh", and "carcasses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "abomination", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And all that have not fins and..." into verse 12's "Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in...", so "shall" and "abomination" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "abomination" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.