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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 hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. (Psa. 104:18)

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Prov. 30:26• ²⁶The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; (Prov. 30:26)

but divideth.

Job 36:14• ¹⁴They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. (Job 36:14)

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

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Rom. 2:18‑24• ¹⁸And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
¹⁹And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
²⁰An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
²¹Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
²²Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?
²⁴For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. (Rom. 2:18‑24)

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

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2 Tim. 3:5• ⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Tim. 3:5)

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Titus 1:16• ¹⁶They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto 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;