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Leviticus 11:23

But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination to you,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

In Context

22even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

24and by these ye shall become unclean. Whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

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

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:21-43

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 that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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