Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 11:22
22You may eat from any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket and any kind of grasshopper.
Leviticus 11:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
- New International Version (NIV)Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These 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.
Context of Leviticus 11:22
20“All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21Yet you may eat from all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. You may eat from any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket and any kind of grasshopper. 23But all winged creeping things that have four feet are loathsome to you. 24“Moreover, by these also you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcasses should be unclean until the evening.
Read all of Leviticus 11Leviticus 11:22 word by word
אֶת־אֵ֤לֶּה מֵהֶם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אֶת־הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣ה לְמִינ֔וֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָ֖ם לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָ֖ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 11:22
- Exodus 10:4Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands, make firm the wobbly knees.
- Matthew 3:4Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- Mark 1:6John wore clothes made from camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
- Romans 14:1Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputes about opinions.
- Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not just please ourselves.
- Hebrews 5:11About this subject there is much for us to say, and it is hard to explain since you have become sluggish in hearing.
- Hebrews 12:12Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble!
Commentaries on Leviticus 11:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The locust - ארבה arbeh, either from ארב arab, to lie in wait or in ambush, because often immense flights of them suddenly alight upon the fields, vineyards, etc., and destroy all the produce of the earth; or from רבה rabah, he multiplied, because of their prodigious swarms. See a particular account of these insects in the notes on Exodus 10:4; (note). The bald locust - סלעם solam, compounded, says Mr. Parkhurst, from סלע sala, to cut, break, and עם am…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22In the uncertainty of identifying these four creatures, it has been suggested that some of the names may belong to locusts in an imperfect state of development. Most modern versions have taken a safer course than our translators, by retaining the Hebrew names.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
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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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