Deuteronomy 14:19

19 All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.

Deuteronomy 14:19 in Other Translations

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

19 And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

19 “All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.

19 Winged insects are ritually unclean; don't eat them.

19 All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:19

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean
Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases;

``all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;''

(See Gill on Leviticus 11:20), (See Gill on Leviticus 11:21).

Deuteronomy 14:19 In-Context

17 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

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

19 All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.

20 But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.

21 Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.