Deuteronomy 14:8
“And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.”
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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Deuteronomy 14:3-21
Compare Lev. 11. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Deuteronomy 14:1-21
Moses here tells the people of Israel,
I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
swine ḥǎzîr, Ar. khanzir; from the animal's indiscriminate feeding the flesh is liable to become the host of many…
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