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Tortoise

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Leviticus 11:29 . The Hebrew word rather denotes a species of lizard, so named in the original for its slowness of motion.

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Tortoise'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​t/tortoise.html. 1859.
 
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