Leviticus 11:7
And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.
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In Context
6And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:8And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.
Isaiah 66:3A people who make me angry every day, making offerings in gardens, and burning perfumes on bricks.
Matthew 7:6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
Luke 15:15And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:2-9
Distinction of Meats. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is… Read the whole commentary →