Leviticus 11:20

20 “ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you.

Leviticus 11:20 in Other Translations

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

20 "All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.

20 “You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.

20 "All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

20 All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

20 "Every swarming, winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.

20 "All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

20 " 'Be sure to avoid every flying insect that walks on all fours.

Leviticus 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:20

All fowls that creep
Or rather "every creeping thing that flies"; for what are designed are not properly fowls, but, as the Jewish writers interpret them, flies, fleas, bees, wasps, hornets, locusts so the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, Ben Gersom, and Maimonides ^F25:

going upon [all] four;
that is, upon their four feet, when they walk or creep:

[these shall be] an abomination to you;
not used as food, but detested as such.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Maacolot Asurot, c. 2. l. 5.

Leviticus 11:20 In-Context

18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

20 “ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you.

21 There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 10:14