Leviticus 11:21
But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
20Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;
22Such as all the different sorts of locust.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:2Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.
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 →