Leviticus 11:20

Clean and Unclean Insects

11:20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours ¹  is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:23

11:23 But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:29

Creatures that Swarm on the Land

11:29 “‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: ²  the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

¹ tn Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21-23 and 27-28).

² tn For zoological analyses of the list of creatures in vv. 29-30, see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:671-72; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 161-62.