Deuteronomy 14:19

19 And all crepynge foules are vncleane vnto you and maye not be eaten of:

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 bytture, the pye

18 the storke, the heron, the Iaye in his kynde, the lapwynge, the swalowe:

19 And all crepynge foules are vncleane vnto you and maye not be eaten of:

20 but of all cleane foules ye maye well eate.

21 Ye shall eate of nothinge that dyeth alone: But thou mayst geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie that he eate it, or mayst sell it vnto an Aliet. For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God. Thou shalt not seth a kyd in his mothers mylke.