Swine
UNCLEAN
Parts the hoof but chews no cud (Lev 11:7)
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 19 verses (KJV)
Meat
Description
The pig divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, making it the most famous of the unclean animals. In the New Testament, the prodigal son’s low point is feeding swine.
Key verses
“And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.”
Leviticus 11:7
“And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.”
Luke 15:15
Fun fact
No Israelite is ever narrated eating pork — the only two descriptions of it (Isaiah 65:4; 66:17) are accusations of apostasy.
All 19 referencesshow
- Deuteronomy 14:8
- Isaiah 65:4
- Isaiah 66:3
- Isaiah 66:17
- Leviticus 11:7
- Luke 8:32
- Luke 8:33
- Luke 15:15
- Luke 15:16
- Mark 5:11
- Mark 5:12
- Mark 5:13
- Mark 5:14
- Mark 5:16
- Matthew 7:6
- Matthew 8:30
- Matthew 8:31
- Matthew 8:32
- Proverbs 11:22