Do you follow the Old Testament food laws?

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

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