Leviticus Chapter 11 verse 5 Holy Bible
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
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And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.
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and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;
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And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
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And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean to you.
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The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
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and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it `is' to you;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - The coney, Hebrew, shaphan; the Hyrax Syriacus, or wabr, still called in Southern Arabia tsofun, a little animal similar to but not identical with the rabbit. "They live in the natural caves and clefts of the rocks (Psalm 104:18), are very gregarious, being often seen seated in troops before the openings of their caves, and extremely timid, as they are quite defenseless (Proverbs 30:26). They are about the size of rabbits, of a brownish-gray or brownish-yellow color, but white under the belly; they have bright eyes, round ears, and no tail. The Arabs eat them, but do not place them before their guests" (Keil).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not . . . --Better, though he cheweth the cud, yet he divideth not. (See Leviticus 11:4.) The coney, which is the old English name for rabbit, is the meaning of the Hebrew expression shaphan, according to the definition of those who had to explain and administer this law at the time of Christ. As these interpreters lived in Palestine, where they saw the animals in question, the objection that the rabbit is not indigenous in Palestine falls to the ground. These shrewd Administrators of the law must also have noticed that it was the habit of the feeble conies to seek refuge and build in the fissures of the rocks, which not unfrequently are on a level with the ground. The rabbit, moreover, well suits the hare, by which it is immediately followed. Modern expositors, however, identify it with the Syrian hyrax, or rock-badger, which is about the size of a well-grown rabbit. It resembles the guinea-pig or the Alpine marmot, has long hair of a brownish grey or brownish-yellow colour on the back, but white on the belly, a very short tail, and short round ears. The action of its jaws when it is at rest resembles that of the ruminants.
