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Leviticus 11:20

18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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.

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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.

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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

    And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

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  • 2 Kings 17:28–41

    Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

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  • 1 John 2:15–17

    Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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  • Deuteronomy 14:19

    And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

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  • Leviticus 11:23

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

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  • Philippians 3:18–19

    (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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  • Psalms 17:14

    From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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  • Jude 1:10

    But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

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