Leviticus 11:20
Every creeping thing that flieth, that goeth on all-fours, an abomination, it is unto you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
In Context
19and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind,—and the mountain-cock and the bat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:27And, all that go upon their paws, among all the living things that go on all-fours, unclean, they are unto you,—whoso toucheth the carcase of them, shall be unclean until the evening.
2 Kings 17:28Then came one of the priests whom they had carried away captive from Samaria, and dwelt in Bethel,—and he began teaching them how they should do reverence unto Yahweh.
Matthew 6:24No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other,love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.
2 Timothy 4:10For, Demas, hath forsaken me, having loved the present age, and hath journeyed unto Thessalonica; Crescens unto Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia:
Jude 1:10But, these, whatsoever things, indeed, they know not, they defame; but, whatsoever things, naturally, like the irrational creatures, they well understand, by these, are they, bringing themselves to ruin.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:10-20
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the… Read the whole commentary →