Leviticus 11:2-8

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2 H1696 Speak [H8761] H1121 unto the children H3478 of Israel H559 , saying [H8800] H2063 , These H2416 are the beasts H398 which ye shall eat [H8799] H929 among all the beasts H776 that are on the earth.

3 H6536 Whatsoever parteth [H8688] H6541 the hoof H8156 , and is clovenfooted [H8802] H8157 H5927 , and cheweth [H8688] H1625 the cud H929 , among the beasts H398 , that shall ye eat [H8799] .

4 H389 Nevertheless H398 these shall ye not eat [H8799] H5927 of them that chew [H8688] H1625 the cud H6536 , or of them that divide [H8688] H6541 the hoof H1581 : as the camel H5927 , because he cheweth [H8688] H1625 the cud H6536 , but divideth [H8688] H6541 not the hoof H2931 ; he is unclean unto you.

5 H8227 And the coney H5927 , because he cheweth [H8688] H1625 the cud H6536 , but divideth [H8686] H6541 not the hoof H2931 ; he is unclean unto you.

6 H768 And the hare H5927 , because he cheweth [H8688] H1625 the cud H6536 , but divideth [H8689] H6541 not the hoof H2931 ; he is unclean unto you.

7 H2386 And the swine H6536 , though he divide [H8688] H6541 the hoof H8156 , and be clovenfooted [H8802] H8157 H1641 , yet he cheweth [H8735] H1625 not the cud H2931 ; he is unclean to you.

8 H1320 Of their flesh H398 shall ye not eat [H8799] H5038 , and their carcase H5060 shall ye not touch [H8799] H2931 ; they are unclean to you.

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Deuteronomy 14:3-8; Ezekiel 4:14; Daniel 1:8; Matthew 15:11; Mark 7:15-19; Acts 10:12; Acts 10:14
Romans 14:2; Romans 14:3; Romans 14:14; Romans 14:15; 1 Timothy 4:4-6; Hebrews 9:10; Hebrews 13:9Of the laws relative to clean and unclean beasts, which are recorded in this chapter and Deut. ch. 14 the following may be found a useful abstract. 1. In regard to quadrupeds, all beasts that have their feet completely cloven, above as well as below, and at the same time chew the cud, are clean. Those which have neither, or indeed want one of these distinguishing marks, are unclean. This is a systematic division of quadrupeds so excellent, as never yet, after all the improvements in natural history, to have become obsolete, but, on the contrary, to be still considered as useful by the greatest masters of the science. 2. With regard to fishes, Moses has in like manner, made a very simple systematic distinction. All that have scales and fins are clean; all others unclean. 3. Of birds, he merely specifies certain sorts as forbidden, thereby permitting all others to be eaten. 4. Insects, serpents, worms, etc., are prohibited; but with regard, however to those winged insects, which besides four walking legs, also have two longer springing legs, (Pedes saltatorii,) Moses makes an exception, and under the denomination of locusts, declares them clean in all four stages of their existence. In Palestine, Arabia, and the adjoining countries, locusts are one of the most common articles of food, and people would be very ill of if they durst not eat them: For, when a swarm of them desolates the fields, they prove in some measure themselves an antidote to the famine which they occasion. They are not only eaten fresh, immediately on their appearance, but the people collect them, and know a method of preserving them for a long time for food, after they have dried them in an oven. --Niebuhr's Description of Arabia, pp. 170-175.