Leviticus 11:31
29 The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
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.
33 If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
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.
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- BSB
- These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
- KJV
- These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
- WEB
- These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
- ASV
- These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
- DARBY
- These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
- BLB
- These [are] unclean to you⁺ among every swarming thing; anyone who touches them in their death shall be unclean until the evening.
- ÅB
- Disse skal være de ureneste for dere blant alle smådyr; enhver som rører ved dem når de er døde, skal være uren til om kvelden.
- OTB
- Av alle de som beveger seg langs bakken, er disse urene for dere. Den som rører ved dem når de er døde vil være uren til kvelden.
- B1930
- Disse skal være de ureneste for eder blandt alle smådyr; enhver som rører ved dem når de er døde, skal være uren til om aftenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 11:24–25
These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
Read in contextLeviticus 11:8
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
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