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Creeping things are those things which reproduce quickly. The things listed will all be things that God does not want to spread because the things they represent are of the flesh, not of the spirit. <ref>{{bgw| Le 11:29-31 }} These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.</ref> | Creeping things are those things which reproduce quickly. The things listed will all be things that God does not want to spread because the things they represent are of the flesh, not of the spirit. <ref>{{bgw| Le 11:29-31 }} These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.</ref> | ||
'''creeping things... on the earth''' ''sharats '' שרץ - increase abundantly [in the flesh], the ox ''shur'' שר death ץ. | :'''creeping things... on the earth''' ''sharats '' שרץ - increase abundantly [in the flesh], the ox ''shur'' שר death ץ. |