KJV King James Version
But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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Leviticus 11:23
But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
WEB World English Bible
But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
ASV American Standard Version
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet—an abomination it is to you.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
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.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 [The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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