Leviticus 11:23

But every other creeping thing that flieth having four feet is to be an abomination to you.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Of such as these you may eat, the locust after his kind, and the bald locust, and the serpent-killer after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind;

24And by these you will be unclean; everyone who toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27And every (animal) that goeth upon its paws, of all beast that go upon four, shall be unclean to you; whoever toucheth their carcases shall be 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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