KJV King James Version
All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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Leviticus 11:20
All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
WEB World English Bible
“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
ASV American Standard Version
All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four—an abomination it is to you.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
21 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;
22 [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.
23 But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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2 Kings 17:28-41Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.Deuteronomy 14:19And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.Jude 1:10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.1 John 2:15-17Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Psalm 17:14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.Philippians 3:18-19(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:Jude 1:19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.Leviticus 11:23But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.Leviticus 11:27And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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