Leviticus 11:27

27 And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:27 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:27

Whatsoever goeth upon his paws
Or "the palms" ^F4 of his hands; meaning such creatures, whose feet are not divided into two parts, but into many, like the fingers of an hand, as apes, lions, bears, wolves, foxes, dogs, cats

among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four;
this is added, to distinguish them from fowl, such as are clean; who walk but on two feet, though their feet are divided into fingers or talons, and may be called hands on which they walk:

these [are] unclean unto you:
and as they might not be eaten, so neither touched, as follows:

whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even;
(See Gill on Leviticus 11:24).

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wypk le) "super volas suas", Pagninus, Montanus, "super manus suas", Munster, Tigurine version, Drusius.

Leviticus 11:27 In-Context

25 And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

26 Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

27 And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

28 And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.

29 And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;