Leviticus 11:20

Clean and Unclean Insects

11:20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours ¹  is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:23

11:23 But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

Leviticus 11:41-42

11:41 Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. 11:42 You must not eat anything that crawls ²  on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs ³  of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable.

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¹ tn Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21-23 and 27-28).

² tn Heb “goes” (KJV, ASV “goeth”); NIV “moves about”; NLT “slither along.” The same Hebrew term is translated “walks” in the following clause.

³ tn Heb “until all multiplying of legs.”