Leviticus 11:3

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

In Context

2“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

4But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:3You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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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