Leviticus 11:41 (DBY)

Passage

And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:39 And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:40 And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Leviticus 11:41 And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:42 Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Leviticus 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "crawling", "crawleth", "earth", "shall", "abomination", and "eaten". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "crawling" and "crawleth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "And he that eateth of its carcase..." into verse 42's "Whatever goeth on the belly and whatever...", so "crawling" and "crawleth" 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 "crawling" and "crawleth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.