Leviticus 11:42

כֹּל הוֹלֵךְ עַל ־ גָּחוֹן וְכֹל ׀ הוֹלֵךְ עַל ־ אַרְבַּע עַד כָּל ־ מַרְבֵּה רַגְלַיִם לְכָל ־ הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ לֹא תֹאכְלוּם כִּי ־ שֶׁקֶץ הֵֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

In Context

41וְכָל ־ הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ שֶׁקֶץ הוּא לֹא יֵאָכֵֽל ׃

43אַל ־ תְּשַׁקְּצוּ אֶת ־ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל ־ הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ וְלֹא תִֽטַּמְּאוּ בָּהֶם וְנִטְמֵתֶם בָּֽם ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:25זְאֵב וְטָלֶה יִרְעוּ כְאֶחָד וְאַרְיֵה כַּבָּקָר יֹֽאכַל ־ תֶּבֶן וְנָחָשׁ עָפָר לַחְמוֹ לֹֽא ־ יָרֵעוּ וְלֹֽא ־ יַשְׁחִיתוּ בְּכָל ־ הַר קָדְשִׁי אָמַר יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

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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