Leviticus 11:20

All flying insects that walk upon four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

In Context

19And the stork, the heron after his kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

21Yet these may ye eat, among all the flying insects that walk on four feet, which have spring-legs above their feet, to leap therewith upon the earth.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27And all that walk upon their paws, among all manner of beasts that walk on four feet, are unclean unto you; whosoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

2 Kings 17:28And there came one of the priests whom they had led away as exiles from Samaria, and dwelt in Beth-el; and he taught them how they should fear the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:10-20

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the… Read the whole commentary →

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