Text -- Leviticus 11:26-28 (NET)

Inedible Land Quadrupeds

11:26 “‘All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. 11:27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:28 and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 11:26

¹ tn Heb “to all” (cf. the note on v. 24). This and the following verses develop more fully the categories of uncleanness set forth in principle in vv. 24-25.

² tn Heb “divides hoof and cleft it does not cleave”; KJV “divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted”; NLT “divided but unsplit hooves.”

³ tn See the note on Lev 11:3.

⁴ sn Compare the regulations in Lev 11:2-8.

NET Notes: Lev 11:27

¹ tn Heb “the one walking on four.” Compare Lev 11:20-23.