- Bible
- Leviticus
- Chapter 11
- Verse 6
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud,.... Or, "though he chews" it:
but divideth not the hoof, he is unclean to you; and so not to be eaten; so Plutarch (q) says, that the Jews are said to…
Adam Clarke
The hare - ארנבת arnebeth, as Bochart and others suppose, from ארה arah, to crop, and ניב nib, the produce of the ground, these animals being remarkable for destroying the fruits of the earth. That…
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…
Lev 11:1-23 [51]. The Distinction between Clean and Unclean Food
[51] For the sources from which this ch. comes, and its relation from a critical point of view to Deu 14:3 ff. see App. I (c), pp. 162…