“These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.”
Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales. The water creatures section establishes the clean criteria for marine life: fins and scales. Both characteristics must be present for a water creature to be edible. The fins-and-scales criterion identifies the recognizable fish of the Mediterranean and freshwater environments of the ancient Near East. The simplicity of the criterion makes it practically applicable without requiring biological expertise: any water creature with visible fins and visible scales is clean.
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