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Leviticus 11:5
5You must never eat rock badgers. (Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.)
Leviticus 11:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
- New International Version (NIV)The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
Context of Leviticus 11:5
3all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud. 4However, from those that either chew their cud or have divided hoofs, these are the kinds you must never eat: You must never eat camels. (Camels are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) You must never eat rock badgers. (Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) 6You must never eat rabbits. (Rabbits are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) 7You must never eat pigs. (Because pigs have completely divided hoofs but do not chew their cud, they are also unclean.)
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:5 word by word
וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָ֗ן כִּֽי־מַעֲלֵ֤ה גֵרָה֙ ה֔וּא וּפַרְסָ֖ה לֹ֣א יַפְרִ֑יס טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 11:5
- Psalms 104:18The high mountains are for wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for badgers.
- Proverbs 30:26Rock badgers are not a mighty species, yet they make their home in the rocks.
- Job 36:14They die while they’re young, or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.
- Matthew 7:26“Everyone who hears what I say but doesn’t obey it will be like a foolish person who built a house on sand.
- Romans 2:18know what he wants, and distinguish right from wrong because you have been taught Moses’ Teachings.
- Philippians 3:18I have often told you, and now tell you with tears in my eyes, that many live as the enemies of the cross of Christ.
- 2 Timothy 3:5They will appear to have a godly life, but they will not let its power change them. Stay away from such people.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The coney - שפן shaphan, not the rabbit, but rather a creature nearly resembling it, which abounds in Judea, Palestine, and Arabia, and is called by Dr. Shaw daman Israel, and by Mr. Bruce ashkoko. As this creature nearly resembles the rabbit, with which Spain anciently abounded, Bochart supposes that the Phoenicians might have given it the name of שפניה spaniah, from the multitude of שפנים shephanim (or spanim, as others pronounce it) which were found…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The coney - The Old English name for a rabbit. The animal meant is the Hyrax Syriacus. It bears some resemblance to the guinea-pig or the marmot, and in its general appearance and habits Proverbs 30:26; Psalm 104:18, it might easily be taken for a rodent. But Cuvier discovered that it is, in its anatomy, a true pachyderm, allied to the rhinoceros and the tapir, inferior to them as it is in size. He cheweth the cud - The Hyrax has the same habit as the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The rock badger and the rabbit do not actually chew cud, even though it looks like they do. They are ceremonially unclean because they lack split hooves.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
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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
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