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Swine.

From: The New Topical Textbook

By: Reuben Archer Torrey

When wild inhabited the woods. Psa. 80:13¹³The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. (Psalm 80:13).

Unclean and not to be eaten. Lev. 11:7, 8⁷And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. ⁸Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. (Leviticus 11:7‑8).

DESCRIBED AS

Fierce and ungenerous. Matt. 7:6⁶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (Matthew 7:6).

Filthy in its habits. 2 Peter 2:22²²But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. (2 Peter 2:22).

Destructive to agriculture. Psa. 80:13¹³The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. (Psalm 80:13).

Fed upon husks. Luke 15:16¹⁶And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. (Luke 15:16).

Sacrificing of, an abomination. Isa. 66:3³He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. (Isaiah 66:3).

Kept in large herds. Matt. 8:30³⁰And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (Matthew 8:30).

Herding of, considered as the greatest degradation to a Jew. Luke 15:15¹⁵And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. (Luke 15:15).

The Gergesenes punished for having. Matt. 8:31, 32³¹So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. ³²And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. (Matthew 8:31‑32). Mar. 5:11, 14.

The ungodly Jews condemned for eating. Isa. 65:4⁴Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; (Isaiah 65:4). Isa. 66:17¹⁷They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 66:17).

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

The wicked. Matt. 7:6⁶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (Matthew 7:6).

Hypocrites. 2 Peter 2:22²²But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. (2 Peter 2:22).

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• Temptation.

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