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Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, and become unclean through them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not make yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Do not make yourselves loathsome (impure, repulsive) by [eating] any swarming thing; you shall not make yourselves unclean by them so as to defile yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you eat any of them, you will become just as disgusting and unclean as they are. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Don't become disgusting by eating anything that swarms on the ground. Never allow yourselves to become unclean because of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do not make yourselves unclean by eating any of these. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any swarming creature that swarms the land, and you are not to defile yourselves and become unclean due to them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves abominable with any crawling creature that crawls, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall not make your selves abominable with any creeping animal that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled by them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />you do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do you make yourselves unclean with them, so that you have been unclean with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall not make your souls abominable by any creeping thing creeping, and ye shall not be unclean by them, and be defiled by them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Do not make yourselves loathsome by any swarming creature nor defile yourselves with them and so become unclean by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them, and so become unclean.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall not make yourselves unclean with any creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, lest you become unclean with them; defile not yourselves with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You shall not defile your souls with any creeping thing that creeps on the Earth, that you will not be defiled by them; you shall not be defiled by them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-43.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=2723" 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">42</span>Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable. <span class="reftext">43</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8262.htm" title="8262: tə·šaq·qə·ṣū (V-Piel-Imperf-2mp) -- To detest, make detestable. A primitive root; to be filthy, i.e. to loathe, pollute.">defile</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">by any</a> <a href="/hebrew/8318.htm" title="8318: haš·še·reṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Swarmers, swarming things. From sharats; a swarm, i.e. Active mass of minute animals.">crawling creature;</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: ṯiṭ·ṭam·mə·’ū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2mp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">become unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·niṭ·mê·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">or defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/bām (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">by them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">44</span>For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.…<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="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a></span><br />“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a></span><br />But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">Deuteronomy 14:3-21</a></span><br />You must not eat any detestable thing. / These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat, / the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<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="/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="/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="/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="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm">1 Corinthians 3:17</a></span><br />If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:7</a></span><br />For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-3.htm">1 John 3:3</a></span><br />And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.</p><p class="hdg">Ye shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Leviticus 11:41,42</a></b></br> And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth <i>shall be</i> an abomination; it shall not be eaten… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Leviticus 20:25</a></b></br> Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.</p><p class="hdg">yourselves [heb] your souls </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-18.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-11.htm">Means</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Render</a> <a href="/james/1-22.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Swarmeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm">Swarming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Swarms</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-12.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-40.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-16.htm">Way</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Crawleth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-5.htm">Crawling</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Flat</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Means</a> <a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Render</a> <a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Selves</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Swarm</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Swarmeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-5.htm">Swarming</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Swarms</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Teeming</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-31.htm">Way</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Yourselves</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'; 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The Israelites were called to be a holy people, set apart for God, and maintaining ritual purity was a significant aspect of this calling. Crawling creatures, or "creeping things," are often associated with death and decay, which are antithetical to the holiness and life that God represents. This command reflects the broader Levitical theme of distinguishing between the clean and unclean, a concept that underscores the holiness of God and the need for His people to reflect that holiness in their daily lives. The prohibition against defilement by crawling creatures can also be seen as a call to avoid spiritual contamination, a theme echoed in the New Testament where believers are urged to avoid sin and live pure lives (<a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>).<p><b>do not become unclean or defiled by them.</b><br>The repetition of the command emphasizes the seriousness of maintaining purity. In the ancient Near Eastern context, purity laws were not unique to Israel, but the specific regulations given to the Israelites were intended to set them apart from surrounding nations. The concept of uncleanness in Leviticus is not merely about physical hygiene but is deeply connected to spiritual and moral purity. The Israelites' adherence to these laws was a tangible expression of their covenant relationship with God. This phrase also points forward to the New Testament, where Jesus fulfills the law and redefines purity, teaching that it is not what enters a person that defiles them, but what comes from the heart (<a href="/mark/7-15.htm">Mark 7:15</a>). This shift highlights the ultimate purpose of the law: to point to the need for inner transformation and holiness that comes through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The primary human author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws of cleanliness and dietary restrictions were given.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where God delivered the laws to Moses, including the dietary laws found in Leviticus.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/crawling_creatures.htm">Crawling Creatures</a></b><br>Refers to various small animals and insects considered unclean under the Mosaic Law.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting where the Israelites received these laws during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>The command to avoid defilement by unclean creatures underscores the call for God's people to be distinct and holy. This separation is not just physical but spiritual, reflecting 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 dietary laws were a test of obedience for the Israelites. Today, believers are called to obey God's commands as a demonstration of their faith and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_purity.htm">Symbolism of Purity</a></b><br>The avoidance of unclean animals symbolizes the broader principle of spiritual purity. Believers are to guard their hearts and minds against anything that defiles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/new_covenant_understanding.htm">New Covenant Understanding</a></b><br>While the specific dietary laws are not binding under the New Covenant, the principle of living a life set apart for God remains. Believers are called to discernment in their choices and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_holiness.htm">Practical Holiness</a></b><br>The call to avoid defilement is a reminder to pursue practical holiness in everyday life, making choices that honor God and reflect His character.<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/how_can_i_fully_devote_myself_to_god.htm">How does cleanliness relate to godliness in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_ban_finless,_scaleless_creatures.htm">In Leviticus 11:12, all creatures without fins and scales are forbidden. How can this sweeping restriction be justified scientifically?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_ignorance_in_leviticus_5_2.htm">If Leviticus 5:2 considers touching an unclean creature as sin, even unknowingly, how can ignorance be morally blameworthy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</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>(43) <span class= "bld">Ye shall not make your selves abominable.</span>--By eating the unclean creatures which are constantly characterised in this book as "abominable" (see <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm" title="Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain to the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.">Leviticus 7:21</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/11-10.htm" title="And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination to you:">Leviticus 11:10-13</a>; <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>; <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm" title="But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you.">Leviticus 11:23</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/11-41.htm" title="And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.">Leviticus 11:41-42</a>)--a term which only occurs twice more in the Hebrew Scriptures (<a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm" title="They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the middle, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, said the LORD.">Isaiah 66:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm" title="So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed on the wall round about.">Ezekiel 8:10</a>)--those who do so render themselves abominable and repulsive; hence the admonition. The phrase only occurs once more, viz., <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm" title="You shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.">Leviticus 20:25</a>, where it is translated in the Authorised Version, "Ye shall not make your souls abominable." This is the reason why "soul" is put here in the margin on the word "selves." . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-43.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">Do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defile</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשַׁקְּצוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šaq·qə·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8262.htm">Strong's 8262: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be filthy, to loathe, pollute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">by any</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crawling creature;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(haš·še·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">become unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiṭ·ṭam·mə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִטְמֵתֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niṭ·mê·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2933.htm">Strong's 2933: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be stopped up, stupid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-43.htm">Leviticus 11:43 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:43 You shall not make yourselves abominable (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:44" /></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>