Leviticus 11:20
18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
21 However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
- KJV
- All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
- WEB
- “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
- ASV
- All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
- DARBY
- Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
- BLB
- Every swarming thing that flies, the one walking on four [legs], it [is] an abomination to you⁺.
- ÅB
- Alt kryp som har vinger og går på fire føtter, skal være en styggedom for dere.
- OTB
- Alle flygende insekter som går på alle fire skal betraktes som avskyelige av dere.
- B1930
- Alt kryp som har vinger og går på fire føtter, skal være en vederstyggelighet for eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 11:27
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
Read in context2 Kings 17:28–41
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
Read in context1 John 2:15–17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:19
All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:23
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:18–19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Read in contextJude 1:10
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
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