Bible verse

Leviticus 11:6

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:6 · BSB

Leviticus 11:6 in context

The verses around it, from Leviticus 11.

2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

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

4 But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

5 The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

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Leviticus 11:6 in other translations

KJV

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.

ASV

And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

ERV

And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

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