Leviticus 11:42
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath marbeh raglayim (many feet) among all creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz, them ye shall not eat; for they are sheketz.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz shall be sheketz; it shall not be eaten.
Cross References
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 1 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; 1 and aphar shall be the lechem of the nachash. 1 They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kadosh, 1 saith Hashem. + 65:25 T.N. This last chapter makes a reference to Gehinnom and the just retribution coming
Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Perushim and Tzedukim coming to where he was using the Yarden as a mikveh mayim, Yochanan said to them, You banim (sons) of nachashim (snakes)! Who warned you to flee from the charon af + 3:7 Hashem habah (the coming burning wrath) [of Hashem]?
John 8:44You are from the Av of you, HaSatan, + 8:44 Gn 3:4-5; Ps 58:3 [4] and the ta'avot of your Av you want to do, for that one was a rotze'ach from Bereshis, and he has not taken a stand in HaEmes, because HaEmes is not in him. When he speaks the sheker, he speaks naturally, because he is a shakran (liar) and the av of it. + 8:44 Gn 3:4; 2Chr 18:21; Ps 5:6; 12:2
2 Corinthians 11:13For such ones are shlichei sheker, deceitful po'alim, + 11:13 Pp 3:2 transforming themselves in a masquerade as shlichim of Moshiach.
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 →