Leviticus 11:23

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22these 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.

24and, for these, shall ye count yourselves unclean—whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the evening;

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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.

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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