Leviticus 11:4
However, if it either chews the cud, or has a divided hoof, then you may not eat it. These include: the camel, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
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In Context
3any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.
5The rock hyrax, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:2“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:
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 →