Leviticus 11:29

Leviticus 11:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;

Context of Leviticus 11:29

27Some animals walk on four feet. It is wrong to touch the dead body of an animal that has paws. 28A person who picks up the dead body of these animals must wash his clothes immediately. They must keep him separate from the people until the evening. Some animals that walk on the ground are not clean. You must not touch a weasel, a rat or a mouse. 30You must not touch any kind of lizard. 31A person might touch the dead body of one of those animals. If he does, he will not be clean. So they must keep him separate from the people until evening.

Leviticus 11:29 word by word

וְזֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ הַטָּמֵ֔א בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הַחֹ֥לֶד וְהָעַכְבָּ֖ר וְהַצָּ֥ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• unto you among the creeping thingsשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• that creepשָׁרַץshârats · to swarmH8317
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• the weaselחֹ֫לֶדchôled · weaselH2467
• and the mouseעַכְבָּר‛akbâr · mouseH5909
• and the tortoiseצָבtsâb · lizardH6632
• after his kindמִיןmîyn · kindH4327

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:29

• Leviticus 11:20Some insects fly in the air and walk on the ground. The people must not eat them.
• Psalms 10:3Not only do wicked people boast because they get the things that they want. They also praise robbers, and they curse the Lord.
• Psalms 17:13Lord, please do something! Fight against them! Knock them down! Take your sword and save me from those wicked men.
• Haggai 2:6I, the Almighty Lord also tell you this: Soon, I will cause the sky and the whole earth to shake. I will also cause the sea and the land to shake.
• Luke 12:15Then he said to all the people, ‘Be very careful! Do not want more things than you really need. A person's life is worth more than the things that he has, even if he is very rich.’
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees heard all this. They loved money very much, so they laughed at Jesus. They said to him, ‘You are wrong.’
• John 6:26Jesus answered, ‘I tell you this: You saw me do miracles that show God's power. But you are not looking for me because of that. No, you are looking for me because you ate the loaves. I gave you all the food that you needed.
• John 6:66From that time, many of Jesus' disciples left him. They did not go with him any longer.
• Ephesians 4:14So then we will not be like children any more. Our minds will not become confused by strange ideas. We will not change what we believe, from one thing to another. Some people teach things that are not true. They do clever things to deceive people. But we will not agree with their false message.
• Philippians 3:19In the end, God will destroy them. Their stomach is what they worship. They are proud of things that should make them ashamed. Their thoughts are full of things that belong to this world.
• Colossians 3:5Your old nature likes to do bad things that belong to this earth. But your old nature is dead, so do not do these bad things any more. Do not have sex with someone that you are not married to. Do not think bad, disgusting thoughts. Do not want to have sex in a wrong way. Do not want to do any kinds of bad things. Do not want to have many things for yourselves. That shows that you worship those things as your idol.
• 2 Timothy 3:2People will love only themselves, and they will want lots of money for themselves. They will be proud and they will say how great they are. They will insult other people. They will not obey their parents. They will not thank anyone who helps them. They will not respect anything that is good.
• Hebrews 13:5In the way that you live, do not want lots of money. Be happy with the things that you have. Be happy, because God has said this: ‘I will never leave you; I will always be there with you.’

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The weasel - חלד choled, from chalad, Syr., to creep in. Bochart conjectures, with great propriety, that the mole, not the weasel, is intended by the Hebrew word: its property of digging into the earth, and creeping or burrowing under the surface, is well known. The mouse - עחבר achbar . Probably the large field rat, or what is called by the Germans the hamster, though every species of the mus genus may be here prohibited. The tortoise - צב tsab . Most…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29The identification of “the creeping things” here named is not always certain. They are most likely those which were occasionally eaten. For the “Tortoise” read “the great lizard,” for the “ferret” the “gecko” (one of the lizard tribe), for the “chameleon” read the “frog” or the Nile lizard: by the word rendered “snail” is probably meant another kind of lizard, and by the “mole” the “chameleon.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31This list of ceremonially unclean creatures that crawl includes both warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals that move along the ground. Snakes are also part of this group (Leviticus 11:42).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. the weasel--rather, the mole. the mouse--From its diminutive size it is placed among the reptiles instead of the quadrupeds. the tortoise--a lizard, resembling very nearly in shape, and in the hard pointed scales of the tail, the shaketail.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:29

• Creeping Things
• Food
• Mouse
• Sanitation
• Tortoise
• Weasel

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Mole
• Mouse
• Paw
• Tortoise
• Unclean
• Weasel
• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings