Clean and unclean: winged insects — step by step

Locusts permitted Every step opens the verse it rests on.

BeginningLeviticus 11:20Winged insects that go on all fours are generally detestable.“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. v20 · WEB

In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures

Check for leaping legs

1 Leaping kinds

Jointed legs above feet

You may eat themLeviticus 11:21–22You may eat locusts, katydids, crickets, and grasshoppers: they have jointed legs for leaping.Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth. v21 · WEB

In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures

2 All other winged insects

No leaping distinction

Keep them uncleanLeviticus 11:23All other winged insects that go on all fours are detestable.But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you. v23 · WEB

In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures

Leviticus 11:21–23Leaping legs distinguish permitted insectsYet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth. v21 · WEB

In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures

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