41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
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These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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