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the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘These also <i>shall be</i> unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole and the mouse and the great lizard in its kinds,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘These also are unclean to you among the swarming things that crawl around on the ground [and multiply profusely]: the mole, the mouse, and any kind of great lizard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: the weasel, the mouse, any kind of large lizard, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"The following swarming creatures that move on the ground are unclean for you-moles, mice, and all types of lizards:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"These are unclean for you among the swarming creatures that crawl over the land: the rat, mouse, lizards of every kind, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'These are they which are unclean to you among the creatures that crawl on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping animals that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise, after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And this [is] the unclean to you among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the muroid, and the tortoise [[or large lizard]] after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This being unclean to you among the creeping, creeping upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Of the creatures that swarm on the ground, the following are unclean for you: the rat, the mouse, the various kinds of lizards,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />These also are unclean to you among all the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, the lizard after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are defiled among every creeping thing that creeps on Earth: the weasel and the mouse and the lizard with its kinds,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2596" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: wə·zeh (Conj-w:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">The following</a> <a href="/hebrew/8318.htm" title="8318: baš·še·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Swarmers, swarming things. From sharats; a swarm, i.e. Active mass of minute animals.">creatures</a> <a href="/hebrew/8317.htm" title="8317: haš·šō·rêṣ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To swarm, teem. A primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. swarm or abound.">that move</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">along</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: haṭ·ṭā·mê (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">are unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2467.htm" title="2467: ha·ḥō·leḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Weasel. From the same as cheled; a weasel.">the mole,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5909.htm" title="5909: wə·hā·‘aḵ·bār (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A mouse. Probably from the same as akkabiysh in the secondary sense of attacking; a mouse.">the mouse,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4327.htm" title="4327: lə·mî·nê·hū (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kind, species. From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. Species.">any kind</a> <a href="/hebrew/6632.htm" title="6632: wə·haṣ·ṣāḇ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root meaning to establish; a palanquin or canopy; also a species of lizard.">of great lizard,</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-7.htm">Deuteronomy 14:7-8</a></span><br />But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, / as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12-15</a></span><br />It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a></span><br />“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a></span><br />And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. / God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-26</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Hebrews 9:10</a></span><br />They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3-4</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. / But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-28.htm">Acts 15:28-29</a></span><br />It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,</p><p class="hdg">creeping things that creep</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Leviticus 11:20,21,41,42</a></b></br> All fowls that creep, going upon <i>all</i> four, <i>shall be</i> an abomination unto you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-3.htm">Psalm 10:3</a></b></br> For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, <i>whom</i> the LORD abhorreth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">Psalm 17:13,14</a></b></br> Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, <i>which is</i> thy sword: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/micah/7-17.htm">Crawl</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Creep</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Lizard</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Mole</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Mouse</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Swarming</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/micah/7-17.htm">Crawl</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">Creep</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Great</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Lizard</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Mole</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Mouse</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">Move</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">Swarming</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">What animals may be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">and what may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">What fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">What fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">The creeping things which are unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you:</b><br>In the context of Leviticus, the term "unclean" refers to animals that the Israelites were prohibited from eating or touching. This distinction between clean and unclean animals is part of the broader Levitical law, which was given to the Israelites to set them apart as God's holy people (<a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a>). The concept of uncleanness is not only about physical health but also about spiritual purity and obedience to God's commands. The phrase "move along the ground" indicates creatures that are not only terrestrial but also those that scurry or crawl, emphasizing their lowly nature. This can be seen as a metaphor for sin, which is often depicted as something that clings to the earth and is beneath the calling of God's people.<p><b>the mole,</b><br>The mole is a burrowing mammal, often associated with darkness and hiddenness due to its underground lifestyle. In biblical symbolism, creatures that dwell in darkness can represent spiritual blindness or ignorance. The mole's inclusion in the list of unclean animals may reflect its association with the hidden and the unseen, which can be metaphorically linked to sin that is not immediately visible but still present. This can be connected to the New Testament teaching in <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>, where people love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.<p><b>the mouse,</b><br>The mouse is a small rodent known for its ability to infest and cause destruction, particularly in stored grain and food supplies. In ancient cultures, mice were often seen as pests and carriers of disease. Their inclusion as unclean animals may symbolize the destructive nature of sin, which can infiltrate and corrupt what is good. The mouse's tendency to gnaw and destroy can be likened to the way sin eats away at the moral and spiritual fabric of a community. This is reminiscent of the warning in <a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a> about how a little leaven leavens the whole lump, illustrating how a small amount of sin can affect the whole.<p><b>any kind of great lizard,</b><br>The term "great lizard" encompasses various large reptiles, which were common in the Middle Eastern region. Lizards, like other reptiles, were often associated with desolation and unclean places, as they were frequently found in ruins and deserted areas. In biblical symbolism, desolation is often linked to judgment and the absence of God's presence. The great lizard's inclusion in the list of unclean animals may serve as a reminder of the separation between the holy and the profane. This separation is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>, where believers are called to come out from among them and be separate, touching no unclean thing.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>As the author of Leviticus, Moses is the one through whom God communicated the laws and regulations to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the Levitical laws, including dietary restrictions, which were intended to set them apart as God's chosen people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received the law, emphasizing their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land and their need for guidance and holiness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people and the need for purity in approaching Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The ultimate destination for the Israelites, where they were to live as a holy nation, distinct from surrounding peoples.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_distinction.htm">Holiness and Distinction</a></b><br>The dietary laws in Leviticus, including the prohibition of certain creatures, were meant to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation. As Christians, we are called to live distinct lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites were required to obey God's laws as an expression of their covenant relationship with Him. Similarly, our obedience to God's Word is a demonstration of our love and commitment to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">Understanding Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>While the dietary laws were specific to the Old Covenant, they point to the greater reality of purity and holiness fulfilled in Christ. We are called to live in the freedom and purity that Christ provides.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites needed to discern between clean and unclean, we are called to discern what is spiritually beneficial and what is not, aligning our lives with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_deceive_his_brothers.htm">How do Jesus' teachings relate to the 613 commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'pleading_the_blood'.htm">What does 'pleading the blood of Jesus' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lev_17_align_with_acts_15_29.htm">How does Leviticus 17 align with the New Testament practice in Acts 15:29, where only some Mosaic laws about blood are upheld while others are set aside?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_sanctified_mean.htm">What is the meaning of being sanctified?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">These also shall be unclean.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And these shall be the most unclean. </span>As <a href="/context/leviticus/11-24.htm" title="And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:24-28</a> have been occupied with the discussion of the defilement caused by the carcases of unclean quadrupeds, which, as we have seen, belong to the first class of the animal kingdom, the Lawgiver now enumerates those "creeping things" of the fourth class, which likewise cause defilement by touching them. The eight animals here adduced (<a href="/context/leviticus/11-29.htm" title="These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,">Leviticus 11:29-30</a>) are therefore a continuation of the things that go on their belly, mentioned in <a href="/context/leviticus/11-20.htm" title="All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.">Leviticus 11:20-23</a>. They only differ in this respect, that in <a href="/context/leviticus/11-20.htm" title="All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.">Leviticus 11:20-23</a> the creeping things have also wings, whilst those described here are creeping things without wings. In a stricter sense, however, <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm" title="These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,">Leviticus 11:29</a>, &c, is a resumption of <a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm" title="All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.">Leviticus 11:20</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 29, 30.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The creeping things that creep upon the earth.</span> This class contains things that go on their belly, but have not wings, like the previous class of creeping things (verses 20-23). By the words translated tortoise, ferret, chameleon, lizard, snail, mole, different varieties of the lizard are probably meant. The mouse is joined by Isaiah with "eating swine's flesh and the abomination" (<a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The following</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֶ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">creatures</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(baš·še·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8318.htm">Strong's 8318: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swarm, active mass of minute animals</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that move</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šō·rêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8317.htm">Strong's 8317: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wriggle, swarm, abound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are unclean for you:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטָּמֵ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mole,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֹ֥לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥō·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2467.htm">Strong's 2467: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weasel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mouse,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעַכְבָּ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘aḵ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5909.htm">Strong's 5909: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mouse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any kind</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mî·nê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4327.htm">Strong's 4327: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sort, species</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of great lizard,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַצָּ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haṣ·ṣāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6632.htm">Strong's 6632: </a> </span><span class="str2">A palanquin, canopy, a species of lizard</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-29.htm">Leviticus 11:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:29 These are they which are unclean (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>