“Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.”
However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit and the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you — the exceptions (camel, rabbit, hyrax) chew the cud but lack split hooves. Their partial compliance renders them unclean. The law's precision requires full compliance.
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