Deuteronomy 14:8

8 and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not [chew] the cud- it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.^[a]

Deuteronomy 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:8

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 14:6)

Deuteronomy 14:8 In-Context

6 You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud.

7 But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these: the camel, the hare, and the hyrax, though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves- they are unclean for you;

8 and the pig, though it has hooves, it does not [chew] the cud- it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

9 "You may eat everything from the water that has fins and scales,

10 but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales-it is unclean for you.

Footnotes

• [a] Lv 11:1-8