Leviticus 11 · Verse 29

Leviticus 11:29

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
Leviticus 11:29, King James Version

Leviticus 11:29 in other translations

BSBThe following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
WEB“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
ASVAnd these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,
YLT‘And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,
DARBYAnd these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;
BBEAnd these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;
WebsterThese also shall be unclean to you among the creeping animals that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise, after its kind,

What does Leviticus 11:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. the weasel--rather, the mole. the mouse--From its diminutive size it is placed among the reptiles instead of the quadrupeds. the tortoise--a lizard, resembling very nearly in shape, and in the hard pointed scales of the tail, the shaketail.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 The weasel - חלד choled, from chalad, Syr., to creep in. Bochart conjectures, with great propriety, that the mole, not the weasel, is intended by the Hebrew word: its property of digging into the earth, and creeping or burrowing under the surface, is well known. The mouse - עחבר achbar. Probably the large field rat, or what is called by the Germans the hamster, though every species of the mus genus may be here prohibited. The tortoise - צב tsab. Most critics allow that the tortoise is not intended here, but rather the crocodile, the frog, or the toad. The frog is most probably the animal meant, and all other creatures of its kind.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 11:29 in the original Hebrew

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וְזֶ֤הve.Zehand thisH2088
לָכֶם֙la.Khemto <the> you
הַטָּמֵ֔אha.ta.Me'[is] the uncleanH2931
בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץba.She.retzamong the swarming thing[s]H8318
הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץha.sho.Retzwhich swarmsH8317
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
הַחֹ֥לֶדha.Cho.ledthe weaselH2467
וְהָעַכְבָּ֖רve.ha.'akh.Barand the mouseH5909
וְהַצָּ֥בve.ha.Tzavand the great lizardH6632
לְמִינֵֽהוּ\׃le.mi.Ne.huto kind itsH4327

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Cross references for Leviticus 11:29

  • Leviticus 11:41-42

    And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

  • Hebrews 13:5

    Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

  • Isaiah 66:17

    They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

  • Colossians 3:5

    Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  • Luke 16:14

    And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

  • Psalms 10:3

    For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

  • John 6:26

    Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

  • Psalms 17:13-14

    Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • Haggai 2:6

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

  • 2 Timothy 3:2-5

    For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

  • John 6:66

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

  • Philippians 3:19

    Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
creeping things that creep.
20,21,41,42; Ps 10:3; 17:13,14; Hag 2:6; Lu 12:15; 16:14; Joh 6:26
Joh 6:66; Eph 4:14; Php 3:19; Col 3:5; 2Ti 3:2-5; Heb 13:5

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Context

  • Leviticus 11:28

    And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

  • Leviticus 11:29

    These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

  • Leviticus 11:30

    And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

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Leviticus 11:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estos tendréis por inmundos de los reptiles que van arrastrando sobre la tierra: la comadreja, y el ratón, y la rana según su especie,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ceci vous sera impur parmi les reptiles qui rampent sur la terre: la taupe, et la souris, et le lézard selon son espèce;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und diese sollen euch unrein sein unter dem Gewimmel, das auf der Erde wimmelt: der Maulwurf und die Maus und die Eidechse nach ihrer Art,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc quoque inter polluta reputabuntur de his quæ moventur in terra, mustela et mus et crocodilus, singula juxta genus suum,