Leviticus 11:21
But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.
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In Context
20All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.
22So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:2“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:
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 →