Leviticus 11:5

And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

In Context

4But of these ye shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

6And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:18They hurt his feet with fetters; 1 His soul passed into iron, 1

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 →

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