Leviticus 11:30

ferret. hedgehog. Hebrew. 'anakah, only here.

lizard: or wall-lizard.

snail. Hebrew. chomet, Psalms 58:8 = shabbel.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The identification of “the creeping things” here named is not always certain. They are most likely those which were occasionally eaten. For the “To...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. The ferret - אנקה anakah, from אנק anak, to groan, to cry out: a spec...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things, &c.— Dr. Shaw well observes, that this expression, creeping things that creep,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. The ferret, х haa'anaaqaah ( H604 )]. Gesenius pronounces...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(Leviticus 11-16) The Law of Clean and Unclean This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. F...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The names here are uncertain. RV renders, 'the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the mole The Hebrew word is the same with that which (Lev 11:18) we translate swan. But it is plain, that there it signifies a sort of fowl...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Smaller Animals. General Precepts.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and the ferret, or rather a lizard with a sharp cry, and the chameleon, a salamander-like lizard living in old walls, and the lizard, and the snai...
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Leviticus 11:30

³⁰ And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 11:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:30