Leviticus 11:41
in Leviticus 11Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
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ASV
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
KJV
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die
on Leviticus 11:39-43
An animal a man may lawfully eat still defiles the one who touches it when it dies of itself, so cleanness belongs to the living beast and ends with it. From verse 41 the ground itself is closed, and everything that creeps on it is put out of the diet. Verse 42 marks out whatsoever goeth upon the belly, which repeats the words spoken over the serpent at Genesis 3:14, and the chapter draws no line between the two places.
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); for it was the curse of the serpent that upon his belly he should go, and therefore between him and man there was an enmity put ( Gen. iii. 15 ), which was preserved by this law.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ | hasheretz | <the> swarming thing | H8318 → | 15 times |
| הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץ | hashoretz | which swarms | H8317 → | 14 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שֶׁ֥קֶץ | sheketz | [is] a detestable thing | H8263 → | 11 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵאָכֵֽל׃ | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ<the> swarming thing
hasheretzH8318 →15 times
הַשֹּׁרֵ֣ץwhich swarms
hashoretzH8317 →14 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
שֶׁ֥קֶץ[is] a detestable thing
sheketzH8263 →11 times
ה֖וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵאָכֵֽל׃it will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 11:29The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:41–42
Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
- Luke 12:15
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Haggai 2:6
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Leviticus 11:41–42
Through
Leviticus 11:20All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Deuteronomy 14:19
All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
- 1 John 2:15–17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Leviticus 11:23
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
- Leviticus 11:27
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- 2 Timothy 4:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.