Leviticus 11:22

these of them, may ye eat: the swarming-locust after its kind, and the devouring locust after its kind,—and the chargol-locust after its kind, and the chagab-locust after its kind.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21Nevertheless, these, may ye eat, of all creeping things that fly, that go on all-fours,—such as have legs above their feet, to leap therewith, upon the earth—

23But every [other] creeping thing that flieth, which hath four feet, an abomination, it is unto you;

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands,—The trembling knees, make ye firm:

Mark 1:6and John was clothed with camel’s-hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and was eating locusts and wild honey;

Romans 15:1We are bound, however, we, who are strong, the weakness of them who are not strong to be bearing, and not, unto ourselves, to give pleasure.

Hebrews 12:12Wherefore, the slackened hands and paralysed knees, restore ye,

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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