Leviticus 11:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:6 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 14:7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

Topics

Animals Cud Eating Food Hare Hoof Hygiene Meal

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

3-7. 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 vegetable…