Leviticus 11:12-22

12 You must hate any animal in the water that does not have fins and scales.

13 "'Also, these are the birds you are to hate. They are hateful and should not be eaten. You must not eat eagles, vultures, black vultures,

14 kites, any kind of falcon,

15 any kind of raven,

16 horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,

17 little owls, cormorants, great owls,

18 white owls, desert owls, ospreys,

19 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, or bats.

20 "'Don't eat insects that have wings and walk on all four feet; they also are to be hated.

21 "'But you may eat certain insects that have wings and walk on four feet. You may eat those that have legs with joints above their feet so they can jump.

22 These are the insects you may eat: all kinds of locusts, winged locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Leviticus 11:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 11

This chapter treats of creatures clean and unclean, as fit or not fit to be eaten; and first of beasts, whose signs are given, Le 11:1-8 then of fishes, which are likewise described, Le 11:9-12 after that of fowls, and those that are not to be eaten are particularly named, Le 11:13-19 next of creeping things, which are distinguished into two sorts, as flying creeping things, of which those that are unclean, their carcasses are not even to be touched, as neither the carcasses of unclean beasts, Le 11:20-28 and creeping things on the earth, which defile by touching, as well as eating, and make everything unclean, upon which, being dead, they fall, Le 11:29-43 and these laws are enforced from the holiness and goodness of God, Le 11:44,45 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of them, Le 11:46,47.