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Leviticus 11:23

Leviticus 11:23
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

But all other flying creeping things,.... Excepting the four sorts before mentioned, wherefore we rightly supply the word "other":

which have four feet; or more; the Vulgate Latin version adds,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 11:20-42

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Leviticus 11:21-23

Four kinds of these swarming things which may be eaten are mentioned. The first and last of these occur frequently in the O.T., the second and third only here.

The first is "arbeh, the general term…