Deuteronomy 14:7
in Deuteronomy 14But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.
KJV
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 14
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
These are the beasts which ye shall eat
on Deuteronomy 14:4-8
Leviticus 11:2-8 gave the two tests and named only the camel, the coney, the hare and the swine among the animals that fail them. Deuteronomy names ten clean beasts outright and seven of them are wild game, which fits the permission at 12:15 to kill and eat the hart and the roebuck at home. Verse 6 states the hoof test in a fuller form, cleaveth the cleft into two claws, where Leviticus 11:3 says clovenfooted and stops. The camel, the hare and the coney are all said to chew the cud, and readers have differed over the words, some holding that they report what a herdsman watching the animal sees rather than describing its stomach.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַ֣ךְ | ʾakh | nevertheless | H389 → | 161 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| זֶ֞ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ | tokhelu | you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִמַּֽעֲלֵ֣י | mimaalei | any of [those which] bring up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| הַגֵּרָ֔ה | hagerah | <of> the cud | H1625 → | 11 times |
| וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥י | umimafrisei | and [any] of those dividing | H6536 → | 14 times |
| הַפַּרְסָ֖ה | haparsah | <of> the hoof | H6541 → | 21 times |
| הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה | hashesuah | <the> cloven | H8156 → | |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַ֠גָּמָל | hagamol | the camel | H1581 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאַרְנֶ֨בֶת | haarnevet | the hare | H768 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשָּׁפָ֜ן | hashafan | the rock badger | H8227 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מַעֲלֵ֧ה | maaleh | [is] bringing up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| גֵרָ֣ה | gerah | <of> cud | H1625 → | 11 times |
| הֵ֗מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| וּפַרְסָה֙ | ufarsah | and a hoof | H6541 → | 21 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִפְרִ֔יסוּ | hifrisu | they divide | H6536 → | 14 times |
| טְמֵאִ֥ים | temeim | [are] unclean | H2931 → | 88 times |
| הֵ֖ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to <the> you |
אַ֣ךְnevertheless
ʾakhH389 →161 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
זֶ֞הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֹֽאכְלוּ֙you will eat
tokheluH398 →810 times
מִמַּֽעֲלֵ֣יany of [those which] bring up
mimaaleiH5927 →890 times
הַגֵּרָ֔ה<of> the cud
hagerahH1625 →11 times
וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥יand [any] of those dividing
umimafriseiH6536 →14 times
הַפַּרְסָ֖ה<of> the hoof
haparsahH6541 →21 times
הַשְּׁסוּעָ֑ה<the> cloven
hashesuahH8156 →
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַ֠גָּמָלthe camel
hagamolH1581 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאַרְנֶ֨בֶתthe hare
haarnevetH768 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַשָּׁפָ֜ןthe rock badger
hashafanH8227 →
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מַעֲלֵ֧ה[is] bringing up
maalehH5927 →890 times
גֵרָ֣ה<of> cud
gerahH1625 →11 times
הֵ֗מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
וּפַרְסָה֙and a hoof
ufarsahH6541 →21 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִפְרִ֔יסוּthey divide
hifrisuH6536 →14 times
טְמֵאִ֥ים[are] unclean
temeimH2931 →88 times
הֵ֖םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
it leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Matthew 23:27–28
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- 1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Romans 2:20–24
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- Isaiah 29:13
Through
Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?
- Luke 6:49
But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately…
- James 2:20
O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
- Jeremiah 8:9
About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
