Leviticus 11:21

Leviticus 11:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.

Context of Leviticus 11:21

19the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. 20‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.

Leviticus 11:21 word by word

אַ֤ךְ אֶת־זֶה֙ תֹּֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע אֲשֶׁר־ל֤וֹ כְרָעַ֙יִם֙ מִמַּ֣עַל לְרַגְלָ֔יו לְנַתֵּ֥ר בָּהֵ֖ן עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet these may ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of every flyingעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• creepingשֶׁ֫רֶץsherets · swarmH8318
• thing that goethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• which have legsכֶּ֫רַעkârâ‛ · legH3767
• aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• their feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• to leapנָתַרnâthar · to startH5425
• withalהֵןhên · they(fem.)H2004
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Which have legs above their feet - This appears to refer to the different kinds of locusts and grasshoppers, which have very remarkable hind legs, long, and with high joints, projecting above their backs, by which they are enabled to spring up from the ground, and leap high and far.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth - The families of the Saltatoria, of which the common cricket, the common grasshopper, and the migratory locust, may be taken as types.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet: This phrase excludes creatures that creep or crawl close to the ground (Leviticus 11:27). Leviticus 11:42 says that creatures with many legs, like centipedes, are ceremonially unclean. Locusts and grasshoppers are examples of ceremonially clean insects (see Matthew 3:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet--Nothing short of a scientific description could convey more accurately the nature "of the locust after its kind." They were allowed as lawful food to the Israelites, and they are eaten by the Arabs, who fry them in olive oil. When sprinkled with salt, dried, smoked, and fried, they are said to taste not unlike red herrings.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:21

• Animals
• Creeping Things
• Food
• Insects
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Creeping Thing
• Animal
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Unclean
• Atonement, Day of
• Ezekiel
• Fowl
• Genesis

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