KJV King James Version
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
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Leviticus 11:3
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
WEB World English Bible
Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
ASV American Standard Version
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallמַפְרֶ֣סֶתH6536 · pa.rasto divideפַּרְסָ֗הH6541 · par.sahhoofוְשֹׁסַ֤עַתH8156 · sha.sato cleaveשֶׁ֙סַע֙H8157 · she.sacleftפְּרָסֹ֔תH6541 · par.sahhoofמַעֲלַ֥תH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseגֵּרָ֖הH1625 · ge.rahcudבַּבְּהֵמָ֑הH929 · be.he.mahanimalאֹתָ֖הּH853 · et[Obj.]תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Proverbs 2:10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;2 Corinthians 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,Psalm 1:1-2Blessed [is] 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.Deuteronomy 6:6-7And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:1 Timothy 4:15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.Proverbs 9:6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Deuteronomy 16:3-8Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] 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.Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.Proverbs 2:1-2My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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