Verse 3 summarizes that any animal that has cloven hooves and chews the cud are ritually clean to eat. I don't understand what type of animals these really are, but God goes in deeper with examples. Verse 4 states that they cannot eat those that either chew the cud or have cloven hooves. Verses 3-4 also break down to what's known as Kosher animals, which comply with the ancient, Jewish dietary laws.
Verses 4-8 also give examples of animals that cannot be eaten by the Jews because they are considered to be ritually impure.
In verse 4,
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| The camel chews the cud, but does not have cloven hooves. |
In verse 5,
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| The rock hyrax chews the cud, but does not have cloven hooves. |
In verse 6,
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| The hare chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves. |
In verse 7,
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| The pig has cloven hooves, but does not chew the cud. Bummer, no bacon! |
Verse 8 states that these four animals are unclean to eat, which sucks for the Jewish people! Oh well, it also adds that they can't touch their carcasses for any reason, or else.
In verse 9,
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| it says that they may eat any living thing that comes out of water that has fins and scales, which are fish found in the seas or rivers. |
