Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:1-47
11– 15. Ritual Cleanliness and Uncleanliness. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1-Jonah :, Purgation for skin diseases; Leviticus 14:33-Philemon :, “ Leprosy” in houses, and general conclusion to the Law; Leviticus 15, “ Issues.”Probably to most modern readers, this section is the least intelligible in the book. We must consider it ( a) in its ethnological and ( b) its specifically Hebrew aspect, ( a) ... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 11:41-43
No Creeping Thing Is To Be Eaten (Leviticus 11:41-43 ). Having seen examples of what cannot be eaten because of contact with what is unclean we now return to what cannot be eaten. The ban on creeping things is universal. To eat such things is not only not worthy of God, it is an abomination to Him. They grovel among the dirt outside man’s sphere. That is the sphere of the snake. Leviticus 11:41-42 “And every creeping thing which creeps on the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.... read more