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Leviticus 11:5-6

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.

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“ ‘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

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (9)

  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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…
  • 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,…
  • 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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Lev 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the…

Lev 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.

Ver. 5. And the coney.] Which hath his name in Hebrew from hiding himself in holes. A weak, but a wise creature. {Pro 30:26} And wisdom is better than strength. {Ecc 9:15} The hare that trusts to the swiftness of her legs, is at length taken and torn in pieces; when the coney that flees to the rocks, doth easily avoid the dogs that pursue her. See Isa 40:30-31.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v5 Some understand by the Hebrew word shaphan, a mountain…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv5–6 And the coney,.... Or rabbit:
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v5 As for the names of the following creatures, seeing…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Verse 5. The coney] שפן shaphan, not the rabbit,…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv5–6 Lev 11:5. The coney — Hebrews שׁפן, shapan. It…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v5 The coney - The Old English name for a…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv5–6 The cherogrillus. Some suppose it to be the rabbit,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv5–6 the coney--not the rabbit, for it is not found…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv5–6 5. The coney — The shaphan, erroneously translated coney,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v5 5. the coney] The exact equivalent of the Heb.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv5–6 (5) And the coney, because he cheweth the cud,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv5–6 The coney, Hebrew, shaphan; the Hyrax Syriacus, or wabr,…
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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