Leviticus 11:29 (WEB)

Passage

“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

Leviticus 11:29 “‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

Leviticus 11:30 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:31 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "unclean", "creeping", "things", "earth", "weasel", "kind", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "unclean" and "creeping", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "He who carries their carcass shall wash..." into verse 30's "the gecko and the monitor lizard the...", so "unclean" and "creeping" 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 "unclean" and "creeping" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.