Leviticus 11:22
20 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.
Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
23 All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
24 These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
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
- Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
- ASV
- Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
- DARBY
- These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind.
- BLB
- These from them you⁺ may eat: The locust according to its kind, and the katydid according to its kind, and the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
- ÅB
- Av dem kan dere spise: arbe etter sine arter og solam etter sine arter og hargol etter sine arter og hagab etter sine arter[^1].
- OTB
- Av disse har dere lov til å spise enhver type gresshoppe, siriss, cricket eller gresshoppe.
- B1930
- Av dem kan I ete: arbe efter sine arter og solam efter sine arter og hargol efter sine arter og hagab efter sine arter. / < d.e. forskjellige slags gresshopper.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 1:6
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Read in contextMatthew 3:4
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Read in contextExodus 10:4–5
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:3
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Read in contextHebrews 12:12–13
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Read in contextHebrews 5:11
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Read in contextRomans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextRomans 14:1
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
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