Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.
7. Nevertheless ] Not ra with which qualifications to laws are introduced by D (see on Deu 10:15, Deu 12:15 f.) but ’ak, Deu 16:5, Deu 18:20, cp. Deu 12:22.
camel, hare, rock-badger ] In Lev 11:4-6 taken separately and each with a repetition of the formula because it cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof. The camel chews the cud but its hoof is only partly cloven (see on Deu 14:6): sacrificed and eaten by Nabateans and ancient Arabs (Wellhausen, Reste Arab. Heid. 112, W. R. Smith, Rel. Sem. 201, 263, 320) though forbidden to Christian Arabs because of its use in heathen rites ( id. 265), the camel is still eaten in Arabia (Burton, Pilgr. to Med. and Mecca, ii. 217, Doughty, ii. 209, 345, Musil, Edom, i. 247, Ethn. Ber. 71, 150, 423, 453 f.); taking the place of the ox of the settled Semites (see on Deu 14:4). The hare, ’arnebeth, Ar. ’arnob, does not chew the cud and its feet are neither hoofed nor cleft; there are several species in and round Syria (Tr. 8 f., who singles out the lepus syriacus), and the beast is common in Arabia, where it is eaten (Doughty, i. 70, 567, ii. 238); hare’s bone, foot and head were used as amulets (W. R. Smith, Rel. Sem. 362, G. Jacob, op. cit. 20). The rock-badger, shaphan, Ar. wabr and ubsun; procavia ( hyrax) syriaca (Tristram, 1) does not chew the cud. It seems, however, to the observer to chew the cud: ‘both the jerboa and the wabr ruminate, say the hunters, because they are often shot with the cud in their mouth’ (Doughty, ii. 238). It is eaten by all the nomads ( id. i. 127); ‘about the size of a small rabbit and has a superficial resemblance to that rodent. The zoological position of the order is obscure, there are 14 species’ (Shipley, E.B. ‘Coney,’ which see for further information). A.V. and R.V. coney, Old Eng. for rabbit. Driver ( Deuteronomy 3 p. xxii) suggests the translation rock-rabbit, a name given to an allied species of the Hyrax ( H. Capensis) about the Cape of Good Hope.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on De 14:6]
(The “hare” is this verse may be an animal that is now is extinct but was alive at the time of Moses. It is only other mentioned in Le 11:6,
[See comments on Le 11:6:]. Editor.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 7, 8:
Unclean animals were those which chewed the cud but did not have divided or cloven hooves or paws, or those which had cloven hooves but did not chew the cud. See Lev 11:4-8.
NOTES
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
7. The hare, and the coney The coney is thought to be the Hyrax Syriacus. It is about the size of a well-grown rabbit. It is said to be more common in the peninsula of Sinai than in Palestine. On all these prohibitions see notes on Leviticus 11.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
coney. Hebrew. shaphan. Revised Version margin, called “Hy-rax Syriacus”, or rock-badger.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
hare
(See Scofield “Lev 11:6”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Mat 7:22, Mat 7:23, Mat 7:26, 2Ti 3:5, Tit 1:16, 2Pe 2:18-22
Reciprocal: Lev 7:21 – any unclean Lev 11:6 – the hare Psa 104:18 – the conies Eze 8:10 – every