Leviticus 11:22
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;
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 unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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
- 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
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Read in contextMatthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Read in contextExodus 10:4–5
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Read in contextIsaiah 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Read in contextHebrews 12:12–13
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Read in contextHebrews 5:11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Read in contextRomans 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextRomans 14:1
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
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