Discovery BoxLeviticus 11:24-31
Context11:24 “‘By these 1 you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:25 and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.
11:26 “‘All 2 animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two 3 and do not chew the cud 4 are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. 5 11:27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours 6 are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, 11:28 and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
11:29 “‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: 7 the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind, 11:30 the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon. 11:31 These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.
[11:24] 1 tn Heb “and to these.”
[11:26] 2 tn Heb “to all” (cf. the note on v. 24). This and the following verses develop more fully the categories of uncleanness set forth in principle in vv. 24-25.
[11:26] 3 tn Heb “divides hoof and cleft it does not cleave”; KJV “divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted”; NLT “divided but unsplit hooves.”
[11:26] 4 tn See the note on Lev 11:3.
[11:26] 5 sn Compare the regulations in Lev 11:2-8.
[11:27] 3 tn Heb “the one walking on four.” Compare Lev 11:20-23.
[11:29] 4 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.
