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Leviticus 11:20
20“Every swarming, winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.
Leviticus 11:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.
Context of Leviticus 11:20
18barn owls, pelicans, ospreys, 19storks, all types of herons, hoopoes, and bats. “Every swarming, winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you. 21However, you may eat winged insects that swarm if they use their legs to hop on the ground. 22You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:20 word by word
כֹּ֚ל שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:20
- Leviticus 11:23Every kind of winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.
- Deuteronomy 14:19Every swarming, winged insect is also unclean for you. They must never be eaten.
- 2 Kings 17:28So one of the priests who had been taken prisoner from Samaria went to live in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the Lord.
- Psalms 17:14With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.
- Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters. He will hate the first master and love the second, or he will be devoted to the first and despise the second. You cannot serve God and wealth.
- Philippians 3:18I have often told you, and now tell you with tears in my eyes, that many live as the enemies of the cross of Christ.
- 2 Timothy 4:10Demas has abandoned me. He fell in love with this present world and went to the city of Thessalonica. Crescens went to the province of Galatia, and Titus went to the province of Dalmatia.
- 1 John 2:15Don’t love the world and what it offers. Those who love the world don’t have the Father’s love in them.
- Jude 1:10Whatever these people don’t understand, they insult. Like animals, which are creatures of instinct, they use whatever they know to destroy themselves.
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20All fowls that creep - Such as the bat, already mentioned, which has claws attached to its leathern wings, and which serve in place of feet to crawl by, the feet and legs not being distinct; but this may also include all the different kinds of insects, with the exceptions in the following verse. Going upon all four - May signify no more than walking regularly or progressively, foot after foot as quadrupeds do; for it cannot be applied to insects…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Rather, “All creeping things which have wings,” etc. The word rendered creeping things may be regarded as coextensive with our word vermin. It is derived from a verb which signifies not only to creep, but to teem, or bring forth abundantly Genesis 1:21; Genesis 8:17; Exodus 8:3; Psalm 105:30, and so easily came to denote creatures which are apt to abound, to the annoyance of mankind.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-47These chapters explain the rules about purity. Mixing different types of animals was forbidden (see Deuteronomy 22:9–11). This is because it opposed God's natural order. Creatures like fish without fins and scales, meat-eating animals, crawling insects, and animals without split hooves were considered "abnormal." They crossed the boundaries between "normal" types and were not suitable for food or offerings (see also Deuteronomy 14:1–21). The dietary laws…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. All fowls that creep, &c.--By "fowls" here are to be understood all creatures with wings and "going upon all fours," not a restriction to animals which have exactly four feet, because many "creeping things" have more than that number. The prohibition is regarded generally as extending to insects, reptiles, and worms.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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