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Leviticus 11:21-23
New English Translation
Leviticus 11:21-23
New English Translation
21 However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs[a] to hop with on the land. 22 These you may eat from them:[b] the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind. 23 But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.
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- Leviticus 11:21 tn Heb “which to it are lower legs from above to its feet” (reading the Qere “to it” rather than the Kethib “not”).
- Leviticus 11:22 tn For entomological remarks on the following list of insects see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:665-66; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 160-61.
Leviticus 11:21-23
New International Version
Leviticus 11:21-23
New International Version
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,(A) katydid, cricket or grasshopper. 23 But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.
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