Leviticus 11:23

Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.

24And by these ye shall be defiled; everyone that touches their carcasses shall be unclean till the evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; everyone that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till 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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