John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 11:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, etc.] Or, “though he chews” it: but divideth not the hoof, he [is] unclean to you; and so not to be eaten; so Plutarch f230 says, that the Jews are said to abstain from the hare, disdaining it as a filthy and unclean animal, and yet was in the greatest esteem with the Romans of any four footed beast, as Martial says f231: Moses, as Bochart f232 and other learned men observe, is the only writer that speaks of the hare as chewing the cud; though they also observe, that Aristotle f233 makes mention of that in common with those that do chew the cud, namely a “coagulum” or “runnet” in its stomach; his words are, “all that have many bellies have what is called puetia, a coagulum or runnet, and of them that have but one belly, the hare;” only that: this creature being prone to lust, may be an emblem of lustful persons, who give up themselves to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness, (<490419>Ephesians 4:19).

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