5And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Now that Aaron was consecrated a high priest over the house of God, God spoke to him with Moses, and appointed them both as joint-commissioners to deliver his will to the people. He spoke both to Moses and to Aaron about this matter; for it was particularly required of the priests that they should put a difference between clean and unclean, and teach the people to do so. After the flood, when God…
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