Leviticus 11:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 11:2

Foods Permitted and Forbidden

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,

2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ^a‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:

3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat.

4 Nevertheless these you shall ^anot eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is¹ unclean to you;

5 the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is² unclean to you;

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So, swine is the term that is used here generally for all porcine creatures, anything that is like a pig, the pig-kind, they are specifically mentioned in verse 7 as unclean because despite having cloven hooves, they do not chew the cud. When we try to determine whether an animal is clean or unclean, it has got to do both of those things. It has to have the cloven hoof and it has to also chew the cud. If it lacks one or the other, then it is unclean. Very easy to figure out.

Excerpted from Casting Pearls

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