Leviticus 11:2 (DRB)

Passage

Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Leviticus 11:2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.

Leviticus 11:3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.

Leviticus 11:4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others: that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "israel", "animals", "living", "things", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And the Lord spoke to Moses and..." into verse 3's "Whatsoever hath the hoof divided and cheweth...", so "children" and "israel" 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 "children" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.