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: ¹  the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

Leviticus 11:41

11:41 Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:43

11:43 Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. ²  You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “by any of the swarming things that swarm.”