Leviticus 11:26

Context

Inedible Land Quadrupeds

11:26 “‘All¹ animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two² and do not chew the cud³ are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.⁴

[11:26] ¹tn 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.

[11:26] ²tn Heb “divides hoof and cleft it does not cleave”; KJV “divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted”; NLT “divided but unsplit hooves.”

[11:26] ³tn See the note on Lev 11:3.

[11:26] ⁴sn Compare the regulations in Lev 11:2-8.