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Deuteronomy 14:7

Listen to Deuteronomy 14:7
7 But some animals chew their cud, while others have completely divided hoofs. You may not eat these [kinds of] animals. They include camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. (Although they chew their cud, they don't have divided hoofs. They are unclean for you.)

Deuteronomy 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:7

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 14:6)

(The "hare" is this verse may be an animal that is now is extinct but was alive at the time of Moses. It is only other mentioned in ( Leviticus 11:6 ) ,(See Gill on :)

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Deuteronomy 14:7 In-Context

5 deer, gazelles, fallow deer, wild goats, mountain goats, antelope, and mountain sheep.
6 You may eat all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud.
7 But some animals chew their cud, while others have completely divided hoofs. You may not eat these [kinds of] animals. They include camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. (Although they chew their cud, they don't have divided hoofs. They are unclean for you.)
8 Also, you may not eat pigs. (Although their hoofs are divided, they don't chew their cud.) Never eat their meat or touch their dead bodies.
9 Here's what you may eat of every creature that lives in the water: You may eat any creature that has fins and scales.
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