Leviticus 11:30
28 and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
29 The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
31 These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
32 When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
- KJV
- And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
- WEB
- the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
- ASV
- and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
- DARBY
- and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon.
- BLB
- and the gecko, and the monitor lizard, and the lizard, and the skink, and the chameleon.
- ÅB
- og pinnsvinet og jordrotten og padden og sneglen og kameleonen[^2].
- OTB
- også gekkoen, varanen, den vanlige øglen, skinken og kameleonen.
- B1930
- og pinnsvinet og jordrotten og padden og sneglen og kameleonen. / < Betydningen av de hebraiske navn er usikker.>