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20 All fowls that creep, going upon all fours, shall be sheketz unto you.

21 Yet these may ye eat of every winged insect that goeth upon all fours, which have jumping legs above their feet, to hop withal upon ha’aretz;

22 Even these of them ye may eat: the arbeh (locust) after its kind, and the katydid after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

23 But all other winged insects, which have four feet, shall be sheketz unto you.

24 And for these ye shall be temei’im; whosoever toucheth the nevelah of them shall be tamei until erev.

25 And whosoever pick up any of the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev.

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