Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
8. swine ] zr, Ar. khanzir; from the animal’s indiscriminate feeding the flesh is liable to become the host of many parasites and therefore without care dangerous especially in warm climates. Used in heathen sacrifices, Isa 65:4 f., 17. Nomad Arabs eat the wild boar: ‘only the fellan say that they do not eat the wild-boar; their neighbours, however, assert the contrary of them’ (Musil, Ethn. Ber. 151). On the sacredness of the pig among other peoples and the use of it in making charms and amulets see W. R. Smith, Rel. Sem. 272, 429. LXX has here a fuller text as in Lev 11:7. Note that no mention is made of the wilder beasts of prey: lion, panther, bear, wolf, hyaena or jackal. On the use of the hyaena, etc. by the present fellan see PEFQ, 1905, 120. Wolf-flesh is regarded as medicinal in Arabia (Doughty, i. 337).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on De 14:6]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
the swine: Isa 65:4, Isa 66:3, Isa 66:17, Luk 15:15, Luk 15:16, 2Pe 2:22
touch: Lev 11:26, Lev 11:27
Reciprocal: Lev 5:2 – touch Lev 7:21 – any unclean Lev 11:7 – swine Eze 8:10 – every Mat 8:30 – an Mar 5:11 – herd