Deuteronomy 14:3-12
14:6 a split hooves and chews the cud: These criteria distinguished edible animals listed in 14:4-5 b from those listed in 14:7-8 c. Although the people experienced health benefits from observing these restrictions, a thing was actually clean or unclean only because God declared it to be such.14:7 d The hyrax is a rabbit-sized, hoofed mammal.
14:8 e The instruction not to touch their carcasses was primarily to maintain ritual purity.
Summary for Deut 14:11-18: 14:11-18 f These animals are grouped as flying animals that eat rotting flesh.
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