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Deuteronomy 14:7 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 14 · verse 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.Deuteronomy 14:7 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 14:7 in context
5The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
7Nevertheless 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.
8And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
9These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dividepâraçto break in piecesH6536 →
- clovenshâçaʻto split or tearH8156 →
- camelgâmâla camelH1581 →
- coneyshâphâna species of rockrabbitH8227 →
- chewʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- hoofparçâha claw or split hoofH6541 →
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Moses here tells the people of Israel, I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in heavenly things with which God has in Christ blessed us. 1. Here is election: The Lord hath chosen thee, v: 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-21