Leviticus 11:41

All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

In Context

40And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

42Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:20Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.

Leviticus 11:29These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

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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