Leviticus 11:29

And these shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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,

In Context

28And he that beareth their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: unclean shall they be unto you.

30And the hedgehog, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination, it shall not be eaten.

Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord, prevent him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword,—

Isaiah 66:17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves for the gardens, behind one tree in the midst, they who eat the flesh of the swine, and the abomination, and the mouse, together shall they perish, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:21-43

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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