Leviticus 11:41
in Leviticus 11Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
⋯
This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If an animal that you may eat dies
on Leviticus 11:39-43
An animal a man may eat still defiles the one who touches its carcass when it dies. Cleanness belongs to the living beast.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); 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.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,....
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
On this page
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.