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Leviticus 11:41
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"'Every creeping thing that creeps on the eretz is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
"‘And any swarmer that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.
"‘Every animal that crawls on the ground is to be hated; it must not be eaten.
Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.
'Now everything that swarms on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.
'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.
Euery creeping thing therefore that creepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abomination, and not be eaten.
‘Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable; it shall not be eaten.
Don't eat any of those disgusting little creatures that crawl or walk close to the ground.
"‘Any creature that swarms on the ground is a detestable thing; it is not to be eaten —
And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
"You must treat all the crawling animals that live on the dirt as disgusting things that you must not eat.
"Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten.
And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is unclean to you; it shall not be eaten.
You must not eat any of the small animals that move on the ground,
“All the creatures that swarm on the earth are abhorrent; they must not be eaten.
And every swarming thing which swarms on the earth is unclean; it shall not be eaten.
What so euer crepeth vpon earth, shall be an abhominacion vnto you, and shall not be eaten.
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.
Let euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination, and not be eaten.
And every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten.
And euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, shalbe an abomination: it shall not be eaten.
And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
`And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;
And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is detestable; it shall not be eaten.
And every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
"'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
"And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
"All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.
‘Anything that moves around on the ground in large numbers is hated and is not to be eaten.
All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.
And, any creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, an abomination, it is - it shall not be eaten.
All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.
"Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
"Creatures that crawl on the ground are detestable and not to be eaten. Don't eat creatures that crawl on the ground, whether on their belly or on all fours or on many feet—they are detestable. Don't make yourselves unclean or be defiled by them, because I am your God .
'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:23, Leviticus 11:29
Reciprocal: Leviticus 7:18 - an abomination Leviticus 7:21 - abominable Leviticus 11:43 - Ye shall
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,.... Nothing is called a creeping thing, as Jarchi says, but what is low, has short feet, and is not seen unless it creeps and moves: and "every creeping thing" comprehends, as Aben Ezra and Ben Gersom observe, the eight creeping things before mentioned, Leviticus 11:29 and mention is made of them here, that they might not be eaten, which is not expressed before; and being described as creeping things "on the earth", is, according to Jarchi, an exception of worms in pease, beans, and lentiles; and, as others observe, in figs and dates, and other fruit; for they do not creep upon the earth, but are within the food; but if they go out into the air, and creep, they are forbidden:
[shall be] an abomination; detested and abhorred as food:
it shall not be eaten; it shall not be lawful to eat such a creature. This, as Jarchi, is binding upon him that causes another to eat, as well as he that eats, the one is guilty as the other. And indeed such are not fit to eat, and cannot be wholesome and nourishing; for, as a learned physician observes y, insects consist of particles exceeding small, volatile, unfit for nourishment, most of them live on unclean food, and delight in dung, and in the putrid flesh of other animals, and by laying their little eggs or excrements, corrupt honey, syrups, c. see Ecclesiastes 10:1 and yet some sorts of them are eaten by some people. Sir Hans Sloane, after having spoken of serpents, rats, and lizards, sold for food to his great surprise at Jamaica, adds z, but what of all things most unusual, and to my great admiration, was the great esteem set on a sort of "cossi" or timber worms, called cotton tree worms by the negroes and the Indians, the one the original inhabitants of Africa, and the other of America these, he says a, are sought after by them, and boiled in their soups, pottages, olios, pepper pots, and are accounted of admirable taste, like to, but much beyond marrow; yea, he observes b, that not they only, but the most polite people in the world, the Romans, accounted them so great a dainty, as to feed them with meal, and endeavour breeding them up. He speaks c also of ants, so large as to be sold in the markets in New Granada, where they are carefully looked after, and bought up for food; and says, the negroes feed on the abdomen of these creatures: he observes d, that field crickets were found in baskets among other provisions of the Indians.
y Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 302. z Nat. Hist. of Jamaica, vol. 1. Introduct. p. 25. a Ib. vol. 2. p. 193. b Introduct. ut supra. (a) Vid. Plin. l. 17. c. 24. & Aelian. de Animal. l. 14. c. 13. c Ib. vol. 2. p. 221, 223. d Ib. p. 204. Vid. Aristotel. Hist. Animal. l. 5. c. 30.
