Leviticus 11:4

However, 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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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 unclean unto you.

In Context

3You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and that also chews the cud.

5Also the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof, it is also unclean to you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:2“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.

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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