Leviticus 11:23

But among flying things, whatever has only four feet shall be detestable to you.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

24And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27Whatever walks upon its hands, out of all the animals that advance on all fours, shall be unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be polluted until 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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