Leviticus 11:3

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

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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“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

4However, some animals either chew the cud or have a split hoof, and you must not eat them, animals such as the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof. So the camel is unclean to you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:3You will eat no leavened bread with it; seven days will you eat unleavened bread with it, the bread of affliction; for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste. Do this all the days of your life so that you may call to mind the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 2:1My son, if you receive my words 1 and treasure up my commandments with you, 1

Proverbs 9:6Leave your naive actions and live; 1 walk in the path of understanding. 1

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, 1 “Come out from among them, 1 and be set apart,” says the Lord. 1 “Touch no unclean thing, 1 and I will welcome you. 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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