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BeginningWinged insects that go on all fours are generally detestable.“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. — Leviticus 11:20 · WEB
In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures
Check for leaping legs
1 Leaping kinds
You may eat themYou 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. — Leviticus 11:21–22 · WEB
In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures
2 All other winged insects
Leaping 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. — Leviticus 11:21–23 · WEB
In the commentaryClean and Unclean Creatures
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