Leviticus 11:3 BSB — MannaFest

Leviticus 11:3

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

BSB

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ASV

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

KJV

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3:5 (253)

[In Songs], the bride desires to sit down in the shadow of this apple tree. This prefigures either the church, as we said, under the protection of the Son of God, or else the soul fleeing all other teachings and cleaving to the Word of God alone. She chews the Word, whose fruit, moreover, she finds sweet in her throat by continual meditation on the law of God, chewing as if it were like the cud of a clean animal.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed - These two words mean the same thing - a divided hoof, such as that of the ox, where the hoof is divided into two toes, and each toe is cased with horn. Cheweth the cud - Ruminates; casts up the grass, etc., which had been taken into the stomach for the purpose of mastication. Animals which chew the cud, or ruminate, are provided with two, three or four stomachs.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 499: “The Clean and the Unclean” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1863)

THE MOSAIC LAW ATTACHED great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The apostle Peter was shown by the vision of a sheet let down from heaven, not only that all nations were now to receive the gospel message, but that all kinds of food were now clean, and that all the prohibitions which had formerly been laid upon them for legal purposes were now once for all withdrawn. A Christian may, if he pleases, put himself under restrictions as to these matters.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֣ל׀	kol	any	H3605 →
מַפְרֶ֣סֶת	maf.Re.set	[one which] divides in two	H6536 →
פַּרְסָ֗ה	par.Sah	a hoof	H6541 →
וְשֹׁסַ֤עַת	ve.sho.Sa.'at	and [which] cleaves	H8156 →
שֶׁ֙סַע֙	she.sa'	a cleft of	H8157 →
פְּרָסֹ֔ת	pe.ra.Sot	hooves	H6541 →
מַעֲלַ֥ת	ma.'a.Lat	[which] brings up	H5927 →
גֵּרָ֖ה	ge.Rah	cud	H1625 →
בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה	ba.be.he.Mah	among the animal[s]	H929 →
אֹתָ֖הּ	'o.Tah	<obj.> it	H853 →
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃	to.Khe.lu	you will eat	H398 →

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Through
2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
leads to
- Isaiah 52:11
  Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
- Revelation 18:4
  Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
  Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Psalms 1:1–3
  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Numbers 16:26
  And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Through
1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
leads to
- Matthew 5:16
  In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Psalms 143:5
  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
Through
Proverbs 9:6
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
leads to
- Proverbs 13:20
  He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Leviticus