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Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 7. Cherogril, or porcupine. Leviticus 11:5. S. Barnabas and Clem. Alex. (Pæd. ii. 10,) subjoin the hyena to the hare, though the name occur not in Moses. This animal was supposed to change sexes every year, and was a symbol of incontinency. Menochius.
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