Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you. The summary of the water creature regulations closes the section with the foundational criterion restated: fins and scales. The restatement communicates the simplicity and consistency of the rule. The variety of water creatures is enormous, but the criterion for cleanness is the same for all of them. One question answers every case: does it have fins and scales? The simplicity of the criterion is the covenant's provision for practical daily application.

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