And every animal that has a split hoof and has a hoof cloven into two hoof sections, [ and ] chews the cud among the animals that you may eat . | title = Deuteronomy 14 : 3-6 } } Deuteronomy reiterates what Leviticus states on pigs.
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Mary Douglas has suggested that the reason for the taboo against the pig in Judaism is three-fold : ( i ) it trangresses the category of ungulates, because it has a split hoof but does not chew the cud, ( ii ) it eats carrion and ( iii ) it was eaten by non-Israelites.
