Leviticus 11:3
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
- KJV
- Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
- WEB
- Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
- ASV
- Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
- DARBY
- Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts that shall ye eat.
- BLB
- Every one dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, [and] bringing up the cud among the beasts, it you⁺ may eat.
- ÅB
- Alle de firføtte dyr som har klover og har klovene kløvd helt igjennom, og som tygger drøv, dem kan dere spise.
- OTB
- Dere kan spise ethvert dyr som har kløvde hover, helt kløvd, og som tygger drøv.
- B1930
- Alle de firføtte dyr som har klover og har klovene kløvd helt igjennem, og som tygger drøv, dem kan I ete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:10
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:3–8
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:6–7
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Read in context1 Timothy 4:15
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Read in contextPsalms 1:1–2
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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