Leviticus 11:5
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
Note Or The coney or The hyrax
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
Note or rock badger, or cony
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Leviticus 11:5
- 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.
- Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26
- but divideth
- Job 36:14; Matthew 7:26; Romans 2:18–24; Philippians 3:18, 19; 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16