Lev 11:20-23 | NET2full | STEP | “‘ Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

‏ Leviticus 11:20-23

Clean and Unclean Insects

20 “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours ^{▼▼tn Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21-23 and 27-28).} is detestable to you. 21 However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs ^{▼▼tn Heb “which to it are lower legs from above to its feet” (reading the Qere “to it” rather than the Kethib “not”).} to hop with on the land. 22 These you may eat from them: ^{▼▼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.} 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.