Leviticus 11:21

But whatever certainly walks upon four feet, and also has longer legs behind, with which it hops upon the earth,

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

20Of all that flies, whatever steps upon four feet shall be abominable to you.

22you shall eat, such as the beetle in its kind, and the cricket, and grasshopper, and the locust, each one according to its kind.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:2Say to the sons of Israel: These are the animals that you ought to eat out of all the living things of 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 →

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