Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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Bible References

The swine

Isaiah 65:4
{who sit} in graves and spend the night in {secret places}, {who eat} the flesh of swine with a fragment of impurity [in] their vessels,
Isaiah 66:3
The one who slaughters bull strikes a man; the one who slaughters lamb for sacrifice breaks the neck [of] a dog. The one who offers an offering, [the] blood of swine; the one who offers frankincense blesses an idol. Indeed, they themselves have chosen their ways, and their soul delights in their abhorrence.
Luke 15:15
And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
2 Peter 2:22
The [statement] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, [after] washing herself, [returns] to wallowing in the mud."

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Leviticus 11:2
"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'These [are] the animals that you may eat from all the animals that [are] on the land: