Leviticus 11:41

And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;

Literal Standard Version

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 who is eating of its carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening.

42anything going on the belly, and any going on four, to every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth—you do not eat them, for they [are] an abomination;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:20Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four [legs]—it [is] an abomination to you.

Leviticus 11:29And this [is] the unclean to you among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the muroid, and the tortoise [[ or large lizard]] after its 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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