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Leviticus 11:5
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The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
and the coney, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;
The rock badger chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
'And the shaphan, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.
'Likewise, the rock hyrax, for though it chews cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.
Likewise the conie, because he cheweth the cud and deuideth not the hoofe, he shall bee vncleane to you.
Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs—it shall be unclean unto you;
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
And the coney, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you.
hyraxes, though they chew the cud,
and the rock badger, though it brings up the cud, yet it does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
The Conyes chewe cud, but they deuyde not the hoffe in to two clawes, therfore are they vncleane vnto you.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.
Euen so the Connie whiche chaweth the cud, but deuideth not the hoofe, he is vncleane to you.
And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
And the conie, because he cheweth the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe, he is vncleane vnto you.
And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
A cirogrille, which chewith code, and departith not the clee, is vnclene; and an hare,
and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it [is] to you;
And the coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, he is unclean to you.
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean to you.
The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
Do not eat the rock badger. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you.
The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
And, the coney, because, though he cheweth the cud, yet, the hoof, he parteth not, - unclean, he is to you;
The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
'Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the coney: Shaphan, most probably an animal resembling the rabbit, called by Dr. Shaw, daman (probably for ganam) Israel, "Israel's lamb," and by Bruce, ashkoko, which name he imagines is "derived from the singularity of these long herenacious hairs, which, like small thorns, grow about his back, and which an Amhara are called ashok." This curious animal abounds in Judea, Palestine, Arabia, and Ethiopia; and is described as being about seventeen inches when sitting. It has no tail; and at first sight gives the idea of a rat. Its colour is grey, mixed with reddish brown; the belly white, the body covered with strong polished hairs, for the most part about two inches in length; the ears round, and not pointed; the feet round, of a soft, pulpy, tender substance; the toes projecting beyond the nails, which are rather broad than sharp; the upper jaw is longer than the other; it lives upon grain, fruit, and roots, and certainly chews the cud; and it does not burrow like the hare and rabbit, but lives in clefts of the rocks. Psalms 104:18, Proverbs 30:26
but divideth: Job 36:14, Matthew 7:26, Romans 2:18-24, Philippians 3:18, Philippians 3:19, 2 Timothy 3:5, Titus 1:16
Cross-References
After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Salah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
After he begot Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain [fn] quaked greatly.
Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
The LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the coney,.... Or rabbit:
because he cheweth the cud; or "though he cheweth"; which yet, some observe, the coney or rabbit does not, it having upper teeth, and therefore they think some other creature is meant by Shaphan, the word here used; and Bochart m is of opinion, that the Aljarbuo of the Arabians, a sort of mountain mouse, is meant, which chews the cud and divides not the hoof, and resides in rocks, which agrees with the account of the Shaphan in Proverbs 30:26 but this is rejected by Dr. Shaw n, who takes the creature here to be the Daman Israel, or Israel's lamb, an animal of Mount Lebanon, a harmless creature of the same size and quality with the rabbit, and with the like incurvating posture, and disposition or the fore teeth, but is of a browner colour, with smaller eyes, and a head more pointed, like the marmots; the fore feet likewise are short, and the hinder are nearly as long in proportion as those of the jerboa; and though this animal is known to burrow sometimes in the ground, yet its usual residence and refuge is in the holes and clifts of the rocks; but a learned man o, and very inquisitive in the things of nature, tells us, that the "cuniculus", coney, or rabbit, this sort of animals do chew half an hour after eating:
but divideth not the hoof; which is well known of this creature:
he [is] unclean unto you; not fit or proper to be eaten of, but to be abstained from as an unclean animal; and may be an emblem of timorous persons, as these creatures by Aristotle p are observed to be, and it is well known they are; even of the fearful and unbelieving, reckoned among the impure, who will have their portion in the lake of fire, Revelation 21:8.
m Hierozoic par. 1. l. 3. c. 33. col. 1015, 1016. n Travels, p. 177, 348. Ed. 2. o Scheuchzer. ut supra, (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2.) p. 281. p Hist. Animal. l. 1. c. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The coney - The Old English name for a rabbit. The animal meant is the Hyrax Syriacus. It bears some resemblance to the guinea-pig or the marmot, and in its general appearance and habits Proverbs 30:26; Psalms 104:18, it might easily be taken for a rodent. But Cuvier discovered that it is, in its anatomy, a true pachyderm, allied to the rhinoceros and the tapir, inferior to them as it is in size.
He cheweth the cud - The Hyrax has the same habit as the hare, the rabbit, the guinea-pig, and some other rodents, of moving its jaws when it is at rest as if it were masticating. The rodents were familiarly spoken of as ruminating animals, just as the bat was reckoned among birds because it flies (see Leviticus 11:19), and as whales and their congeners are spoken of as fish, when there is no occasion for scientific accuracy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 11:5. The coney — שפן shaphan, not the rabbit, but rather a creature nearly resembling it, which abounds in Judea, Palestine, and Arabia, and is called by Dr. Shaw daman Israel, and by Mr. Bruce ashkoko. As this creature nearly resembles the rabbit, with which Spain anciently abounded, Bochart supposes that the Phoenicians might have given it the name of שפניה spaniah, from the multitude of שפנים shephanim (or spanim, as others pronounce it) which were found there. Hence the emblem of Spain is a woman sitting with a rabbit at her feet. See a coin of Hadrian in Scheuchzer.
