Hare
UNCLEAN
Chews the cud but parts no hoof (Lev 11:6)
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 2 verses (KJV)
Meat
Description
The hare was listed among the unclean animals because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a divided hoof — though hares don’t actually chew a cud the way cattle do. Scholars generally note that hares make a constant sideways jaw motion that closely resembles a ruminant chewing its cud.
Key verses
“And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.”
Leviticus 11:6
All 2 referencesshow
- Deuteronomy 14:7
- Leviticus 11:6