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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, <i>and</i> cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves <i>and</i> chewing the cud—that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whatever has a divided hoof, showing split hoofs, <i>and</i> chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, <i>and</i> chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, <i>and</i> chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof [that is, a hoof split into two parts especially at its distal extremity] and chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />any animal that has divided hoofs and chews the cud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />that has divided hoofs and that also chews the cud, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has divided hooves with cloven feet and that ruminates its cud, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two) and that also chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whatever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All cleaving the cloven hoof, and splitting, split the cloven hoof, and lifting up rumination among the cattle, ye shall eat it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />All that has a divided hoof, and that chews over again, among the cattle, you shall eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Any animal that has hoofs you may eat, provided it is cloven-footed and chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud among the beasts, that you may eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Everything that cleaves open its hoof and divides it in two and chews cud, eat it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2415" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">You may eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bab·bə·hê·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8157.htm" title="8157: še·sa‘ (N-msc) -- Cleft. From shaca'; a fissure.">that has a split</a> <a href="/hebrew/6541.htm" title="6541: pə·rā·sōṯ (N-fp) -- A hoof. Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6536.htm" title="6536: map̄·re·seṯ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fs) -- To break in two, divide. A primitive root; to break in pieces, i.e. to split, distribute."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6541.htm" title="6541: par·sāh (N-fs) -- A hoof. Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof.">hoof</a> <a href="/hebrew/8156.htm" title="8156: wə·šō·sa·‘aṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To divide, cleave. A primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid.">completely divided</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ma·‘ă·laṯ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fsc) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and that chews</a> <a href="/hebrew/1625.htm" title="1625: gê·rāh (N-fs) -- Cud. From garar; the cud.">the cud.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Deuteronomy 14:6</a></span><br />You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12-15</a></span><br />It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a></span><br />Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a></span><br />“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that shall you eat.</p><p class="hdg">parteth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Proverbs 9:6</a></b></br> Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></b></br> Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean <i>thing</i>; and I will receive you,</p><p class="hdg">cheweth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6,7</a></b></br> And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a></b></br> Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, <i>even</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Psalm 1:2</a></b></br> But his delight <i>is</i> in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Cheweth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Chews</a> <a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Cleaving</a> <a href="/exodus/33-22.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Clovenfooted</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm">Cloven-Footed</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Cud</a> <a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Divides</a> <a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-10.htm">Division</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/exodus/10-26.htm">Hoof</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/exodus/38-2.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-22.htm">Making</a> <a href="/exodus/23-13.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-26.htm">Open</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Parteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-19.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/exodus/23-24.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/genesis/22-3.htm">Split</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Cheweth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Chews</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cleaving</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cleft</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Clovenfooted</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Cloven-Footed</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Cud</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-6.htm">Divided</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Divides</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Dividing</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm">Division</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Hoof</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Parteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">Split</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">What animals may be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">and what may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">What fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">What fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">The creeping things which are unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These laws were part of the covenant between God and Israel, setting them apart from other nations. The dietary restrictions served not only as a health measure but also as a means of spiritual discipline and identity.<p><b>that has a split hoof completely divided</b><br>The split hoof is a specific physical characteristic that distinguishes clean animals. This requirement is symbolic of separation and discernment, reflecting the need for the Israelites to be distinct in their conduct and worship. The divided hoof can also be seen as a metaphor for walking in righteousness, as believers are called to live lives that are set apart and holy.<p><b>and that chews the cud</b><br>Chewing the cud refers to the process of ruminating, where animals regurgitate and re-chew their food. This characteristic symbolizes meditation on God's Word, as believers are encouraged to continually reflect on and internalize Scripture. The act of ruminating can be likened to the spiritual practice of meditating on God's laws day and night, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Psalm 1:2</a>.<br><br>These dietary laws, while specific to the Old Covenant, foreshadow the spiritual purity and discernment required of believers under the New Covenant. They point to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who declared all foods clean (<a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a>) and emphasized the importance of inner purity over external observance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, including dietary regulations, as part of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The location where Moses received the laws from God, including the dietary laws found in Leviticus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_holiness.htm">Understanding Holiness</a></b><br>The dietary laws were part of God's call for Israel to be holy and distinct from other nations. Holiness involves obedience and separation unto God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_clean_and_unclean.htm">Symbolism of Clean and Unclean</a></b><br>The distinction between clean and unclean animals symbolizes the separation between holy and unholy, teaching the Israelites about purity and God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The dietary laws remind us of the importance of obedience to God's commands, even when we may not fully understand the reasons behind them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/new_covenant_freedom.htm">New Covenant Freedom</a></b><br>In Christ, believers are no longer bound by the Old Testament dietary laws, as seen in <a href="/bsb/acts/10.htm">Acts 10</a> and <a href="/bsb/mark/7.htm">Mark 7</a>. This freedom should be exercised with consideration for others' consciences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to discern between clean and unclean, Christians are called to discern between what is spiritually beneficial and what is not.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_a_good_name_worth_more_than_ointment.htm">What distinguishes clean from unclean animals in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_animals_are_clean_or_unclean.htm">Which animals are considered clean or unclean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_makes_animals_clean_or_unclean.htm">What distinguishes clean from unclean animals in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_beef_consumption_controversial.htm">Why is beef consumption considered controversial or problematic?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Whatsoever is clovenfooted, and entirely separateth the hoofs. </span>The first rule laid down by which the clean quadruped is to be distinguished is that the hoofs must be completely cloven or divided above as well as below, or, as the parallel passage in <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm" title="And every beast that parts the hoof, and separates the cleft into two claws, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you shall eat.">Deuteronomy 14:6</a> has it, "and cleaveth the cleft into two claws." Such is the case in the foot of the ox, the sheep, and the goat, where the hoof is wholly divided below as much as above. The foot of the dog, the cat, and the lion, though exhibiting a division into several distinct toes or claws, is contrary to the regulation here laid down, inasmuch as the division is simply on the upper side, the lower side being united by <span class= "bld">a </span>membrane, and hence the hoof is not "entirely separated."<span class= "bld"><p>And cheweth the cud.</span>--In addition to the foot being perfectly cloven, the quadruped to be clean is to be ruminating. The canon which obtained during the second Temple is thus formulated: "Every quadruped which has no upper teeth is known to be ruminant, and when it is also clovenfooted is clean." According to the law of Manu the highest Hindoo castes were also forbidden to eat the flesh or drink the milk of quadrupeds with uncloven hoof. The same was the case with the Egyptian priests: they abstained from eating the flesh of any animal which had uncloven hoofs or many claws.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3, 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted</span>, should rather be translated, <span class="accented">Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and completely divides it</span>, The camel parts but does not wholly divide the hoof, as there is ball at the back of the foot, of the nature of a heel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֣ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">animal</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(bab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with split</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šō·sa·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8156.htm">Strong's 8156: </a> </span><span class="str2">To split, tear, to upbraid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hooves</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְסָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·sāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6541.htm">Strong's 6541: </a> </span><span class="str2">A claw, split hoof</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and that chews</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲלַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the cud.</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵּרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(gê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1625.htm">Strong's 1625: </a> </span><span class="str2">The cud</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-3.htm">Leviticus 11:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:3 Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>