Leviticus 11:23

and every teeming thing which is flying, which has four feet—it [is] an abomination to you.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22these of them you eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

24And you are made unclean by these; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the evening;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27And anything going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four—they [are] unclean to you; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the 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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