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Leviticus 11:4-8

“ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

    The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

    The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

    The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.

    You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

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

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

    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

    Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

    And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

    And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

    And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

    Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

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Cross-references (37)

  • Deuteronomy 14:8 (v7) The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their…
  • Isaiah 65:4 (v7) who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
  • Isaiah 66:3 (v7) He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who…
  • Isaiah 66:17 (v7) “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the middle, eating pig’s meat, abominable things,…
  • Matthew 7:6 (v7) “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and…
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  • Luke 8:33 (v7) The demons came out of the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
  • Luke 15:15 (v7) He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
  • Colossians 2:16 (v8) Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
  • Hebrews 9:10 (v8) being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
  • Leviticus 5:2 (v8) “ ‘Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the…
  • Deuteronomy 14:7 (v6) Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit.…
  • Psalms 104:18 (v5) The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
  • Proverbs 30:26 (v5) The hyraxes are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
  • Isaiah 52:11 (v8) Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
  • Hosea 9:3 (v8) They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
  • 2 Peter 2:18-22 (v7) For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping…
  • Job 36:14 (v5) They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
  • Matthew 7:26 (v5) Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
  • Matthew 15:11 (v8) That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
  • Matthew 15:20 (v8) These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
  • Mark 7:2 (v8) Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
  • Mark 7:15 (v8) There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that…
  • Mark 7:18 (v8) He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
  • Acts 10:10-15 (v8) He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and a certain container…
  • Acts 10:28 (v8) He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation,…
  • Acts 15:29 (v8) that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep…
  • Romans 2:18-24 (v5) know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that you yourself are a guide…
  • Romans 14:14-17 (v8) I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to…
  • Romans 14:21 (v8) It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
  • 1 Corinthians 8:8 (v8) But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:17 (v8) Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
  • Ephesians 5:7 (v8) Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
  • Ephesians 5:11 (v8) Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
  • Philippians 3:18-19 (v5) For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction,…
  • Colossians 2:21-23 (v8) “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch” (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? These things indeed…
  • 2 Timothy 3:5 (v5) holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
  • Titus 1:16 (v5) They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

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Explain this passage (17 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v8 God would that hereby for a time they should…

God would that hereby for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4–8 Lev 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 7, 8 The camel was a usual food in Arabia, but…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv4–8 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat,.... To whom one…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 8 The camel - An usual food in Arabia, but…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5–7 Verse 5. The coney] שפן shaphan, not the rabbit,…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv4–8 Lev 11:4. The camel — A usual food in…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 7 Divideth not the hoof - The toes of the…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv4–8 Camel, which hath a hard skin connecting its hoof…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv4–7 the camel--It does to a certain extent divide the…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv4–7 4. The camel — Some think that this beast…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv4, 5, 7, 8 4. The camel’s hoof is parted above but the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–8 (4) Nevertheless these shall ye not eat.—As there are…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv4–8 Vers. 4-47. Clean and unclean a lesson on sin.
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v6 Heb. arnebeth, an unidentified animal, but certainly not a…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v5 11:5-6 Neither the hyrax nor the hare truly chews…
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