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20All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus 11:20 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 20-42)Here is the law, 1. Concerning flying insects, as flies, wasps, bees, etc.; these they might not eat (Lev. 11:20), nor indeed are they fit to be eaten; but there were several sorts of locusts which in those countries were very good meat, and much used: John Baptist lived upon them in the desert, and they are here allowed them, Lev. 11:21 , 22 . 2. Concerning the creeping things on the earth; these...
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