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

KJV
20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
ESV
20 "All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.
NLT
20 “You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.
MSG
20 "All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
CSB
20 "All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

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.


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.

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