Matthew 8:30

Now there was feeding far away from them a large herd of chazirim (swine).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

In Context

29And they screamed, saying, Mah lanu valach, Ben HaElohim? (What to us and to you, Ben HaElohim?) + 8:29 i.e., What business do you have with us, Ben HaElohim Have you come here to torture us before the time? + 8:29 of the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment

31And the shedim begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of chazirim.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:7And the chazir (swine), though he separate the hoof, and be separated into double hooves, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is tamei to you.

Isaiah 65:3HaAm that provoketh Me to anger 1 continually to My face; 1 that sacrificeth in ganot (gardens), 1 and burneth sacrifices upon brick; 1

Mark 5:11Now there was a large herd of chazirim feeding nearby on the hillside.

Luke 15:15And he went and became associated with one of the citizens of that aretz, and he sent him into his fields to feed chazirim, + 15:15 Lv 11:7

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:29-34

The Devils Cast Out of Two Men. 28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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