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,

Leviticus 11:46

11:46 This is the law ³  of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures ⁴  that swarm on the land,

Leviticus 11:42

11:42 You must not eat anything that crawls ⁵  on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs ⁶  of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable.

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.”

³ sn The Hebrew term translated “law” (תוֹרָה, torah) introduces here a summary or colophon for all of Lev 11. Similar summaries are found in Lev 7:37-38; 13:59; 14:54-57; and 15:32-33.

⁴ tn Heb “for all the creatures.”

⁴ tn Heb “goes” (KJV, ASV “goeth”); NIV “moves about”; NLT “slither along.” The same Hebrew term is translated “walks” in the following clause.

⁵ tn Heb “until all multiplying of legs.”