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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Leviticus 11:7 - 11:7
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the swine - It is a filthy, foul-feeding animal, and it lacks one of the natural provisions for purifying the system, “it cheweth not the cud”; in hot climates indulgence in swine’s flesh is particularly liable to produce leprosy, scurvy, and various cutaneous eruptions. It was therefore strictly avoided by the Israelites. Its prohibition was further necessary to prevent their adopting many of the grossest idolatries practiced by neighboring nations.