Leviticus 11:22

That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,

23But of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you:

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Romans 15:1Now we that are stronger, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

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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