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He divides the hoof... - It is cloven-footed and completely, etc. See Leviticus 11:3 note.
Of all the quadrupeds whose flesh the Law …

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted. —Better, And the swine, though it is clovenfooted, and entirely…

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven
footed
Not only its hoofs are…

These laws seem to have been intended,
As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes