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Bible Commentaries
Leviticus 11

Scofield's Reference NotesScofield's Notes

Verse 2

These are the beasts

The dietary regulations of the covenant people must be regarded primarily as sanitary. Israel, it must be remembered, was a nation living on the earth under a theocratic government. Of necessity the divine legislation concerned itself with the social as well as with the religious life of the people. To force upon every word of that legislation a typical meaning is to strain 1 Corinthians 10:1-11; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 9:24 beyond all reasonable interpretation.

Verse 6

hare

Heb. arnebeth, an unidentified animal, but certainly not a hare, possessing as it is said to, characteristics not possessed by the hare. The supposed error in the text is due entirely to the translators' assumption that the English hare and the ancient "arnebeth" were identical.

Bibliographical Information
Scofield, C. I. "Scofield Reference Notes on Leviticus 11". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/srn/leviticus-11.html. 1917.
 
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