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Lev. 11:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

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coney, Shaphan,

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the coney.{Shaphan,} most probably an animal resembling the rabbit, called by Dr. Shaw, {daman} (probably for {ganam}) Israel, "Israel's lamb," and by Bruce, {ashkoko,} which name he imagines is "derived from the singularity of these long herenacious hairs, which, like small thorns, grow about his back, and which an Amhara are called {ashok.}"

This curious animal abounds in Judea, Palestine, Arabia, and Ethiopia; and is described as being about seventeen inches when sitting. It has no tail; and at first sight gives the idea of a rat. Its colour is grey, mixed with reddish brown; the belly white, the body covered with strong polished hairs, for the most part about two inches in length; the ears round, and not pointed; the feet round, of a soft, pulpy, tender substance; the toes projecting beyond the nails, which are rather broad than sharp; the upper jaw is longer than the other; it lives upon grain, fruit, and roots, and certainly chews the cud; and it does not burrow like the hare and rabbit, but lives in clefts of the rocks.

Psa. 104:18• ¹⁸The high mountains [are] for the wild goats,{HR}Crags a refuge for the rock-badgers. (Psa. 104:18)

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Prov. 30:26• ²⁶The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk,{HR}Yet they make their house in the cliff;{HR} (Prov. 30:26)

but divideth.

Job 36:14• ¹⁴Their soul dieth like that of youths,{HR}And their life among the polluted. (Job 36:14)

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Matt. 7:26• ²⁶And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand; (Matt. 7:26)

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Rom. 2:18‑24• ¹⁸and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³Thou who boastest in law, through the transgression of the law dost thou dishonour God?
²⁴For the name of God on your account is blasphemed among the Gentiles, even as it is written. (Rom. 2:18‑24)

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Phil. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ,
¹⁹whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the belly, and they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:18‑19)

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2 Tim. 3:5• ⁵having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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Titus 1:16• ¹⁶They profess to know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate. (Titus 1:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs—it shall be unclean unto you;

W. Kelly Translation

and the rock-badger, for it bringeth up the cud but hath not cloven hoofs, it [is] unclean to you: