Leviticus 11:7

Leviticus 11:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
• New International Version (NIV)And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

Context of Leviticus 11:7

5hyraxes, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves — they are unclean for you; 6hares, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves — they are unclean for you; pigs, though they have divided hooves, do not chew the cud — they are unclean for you. 8Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses — they are unclean for you. 9“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

Leviticus 11:7 word by word

וְאֶת־הַ֠חֲזִיר כִּֽי־מַפְרִ֨יס פַּרְסָ֜ה ה֗וּא וְשֹׁסַ֥ע שֶׁ֙סַע֙ פַּרְסָ֔ה וְה֖וּא גֵּרָ֣ה לֹֽא־יִגָּ֑ר טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the swineחֲזִירchăzîyr · swineH2386
• though he divideפָּרַסpâras · to divideH6536
• the hoofפַּרְסָהparsâh · hoofH6541
• and be clovenfootedשֶׁ֫סַעshesa‛ · cleftH8157
• and be clovenfootedשָׁסַעshâsa‛ · to cleaveH8156
• yet he chewethגָּרַרgârar · to drag/chew/sawH1641
• not the cudגֵּרָהgêrâh · cudH1625
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:7

• Deuteronomy 14:8and pigs, though they have hooves, they do not chew the cud — they are unclean for you. Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
• Isaiah 65:4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls.
• Isaiah 66:3One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol — all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.
• Matthew 7:6Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
• Luke 8:33The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
• Luke 15:15Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
• 2 Peter 2:18For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And the swine - חזיר chazir, one of the most gluttonous, libidinous, and filthy quadrupeds in the universe; and, because of these qualities, sacred to the Venus of the Greeks and Romans, and the Friga of our Saxon ancestors; and perhaps on these accounts forbidden, as well as on account of its flesh being strong and difficult to digest, affording a very gross kind of aliment, apt to produce cutaneous, scorbutic, and scrofulous disorders, especially in hot…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He divide the hoof … - It is cloven-footed and completely, etc. See Leviticus 11:3 note. Of all the quadrupeds of which the Law forbids the flesh to be eaten, the pig seems to have been regarded as the most unclean. Compare the marginal references. Several other nations have agreed with the Hebrews in this respect: the reason being that its flesh is unwholesome, especially in warm climates.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8Some scholars think people avoided ceremonially unclean animals for health reasons. But evidence does not support this suggestion. Horse meat, for instance, is as healthy as beef, yet it was "unclean" because the horse does not have a split hoof (see Leviticus 11:2–3). These rules existed because an unclean animal was not suitable as an offering to God. So, it was likewise not suitable as food for God's people. Jesus proclaimed all foods clean for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-73-7. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud--Ruminating animals by the peculiar structure of their stomachs digest their food more fully than others. It is found that in the act of chewing the cud, a large portion of the poisonous properties of noxious plants eaten by them, passes off by the salivary glands. This power of secreting the poisonous effects of vegetables, is said to be particularly remarkable in cows and goats…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:7

• Cud
• Food
• Goat
• Hoof
• Sanitation
• Swine

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Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings