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Leviticus 11:30
30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
Leviticus 11:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- New International Version (NIV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
Context of Leviticus 11:30
28If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you. 29“Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening. 32If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:30 word by word
וְהָאֲנָקָ֥ה וְהַכֹּ֖חַ וְהַלְּטָאָ֑ה וְהַחֹ֖מֶט וְהַתִּנְשָֽׁמֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The ferret - אנקה anakah, from אנק anak, to groan, to cry out: a species of lizard, which derives its name from its piercing, doleful cry. See Bochart, vol. ii., col. 1066. The chameleon - כח coach . Bochart contends that this is the waril or guaril, another species of lizard, which derives its name from its remarkable strength and vigor in destroying serpents, the Hebrew כח cach signifying to be strong, firm, vigorous: it is probably the same with the…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. 3030. the ferret--the Hebrew word is thought by some to signify the newt or chameleon, by others the frog. the chameleon--called by the Arabs the warral, a green lizard. the snail--a lizard which lives in the sand, and is called by the Arabs chulca, of an azure color. the mole--Another species of lizard is meant, probably the chameleon.Read the comment
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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
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