Leviticus 11:29 (DBY)

Passage

And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:27 And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:28 And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:29 And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;

Leviticus 11:30 and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:31 These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "unclean", "crawling", "things", "earth", "mole", and "field-mouse". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "unclean", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And he that carrieth their carcase shall..." into verse 30's "and the groaning lizard and the great...", so "shall" and "unclean" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "unclean" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.