Topic
INSECTS
Clean and unclean (ceremonially speaking) LEV 11:21-25; DEU 14:19
Passages on this topic · 6
- Leviticus 11:21
Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
- Leviticus 11:22
Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
- Leviticus 11:23
But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
- Leviticus 11:24
“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 11:25
Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
- Deuteronomy 14:19
All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).