Leviticus 11:10-23

10 But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is 1detestable to you.
11 You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
12 Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is detestable to you.
13 "And these you shall detest among the birds;[a] they shall not be eaten; they are 2detestable: 3the eagle,[b] the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
14 the kite, 4the falcon of any kind,
15 every raven of any kind,
16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the 5hawk of any kind,
17 the 6little owl, the cormorant, the 7short-eared owl,
18 the barn owl, the 8tawny owl, the carrion vulture,
19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and 9the bat.
20 "All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.
21 Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.
22 Of them you may eat: 10the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.
23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Leviticus 7:21
  • 2. [See ver. 10 above]
  • 3. Job 39:26, 30
  • 4. Job 28:7
  • 5. Job 39:26
  • 6. Psalms 102:6
  • 7. Isaiah 34:11
  • 8. Psalms 102:6; Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14
  • 9. Isaiah 2:20
  • 10. Exodus 10:4; Joel 1:4; [Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or things that fly; compare Genesis 1:20
  • [b]. The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
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