Leviticus 11:20-23

Leviticus 11:20-23

[20] All fowls  that creep,  going  upon all four,  shall be an abomination  unto you. [21] Yet these may ye eat  of every flying  creeping  thing that goeth  upon all four,  which have legs  above  their feet,  to leap  withal  upon the earth;  [22] Even these of them ye may eat;  the locust  after his kind,  and the bald locust  after his kind,  and the beetle  after his kind,  and the grasshopper  after his kind.  [23] But all other flying  creeping things,  which have four  feet,  shall be an abomination  unto you.

What does Leviticus 11:20-23 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

These verses deal with insects. Perhaps the fact that certain insects swarmed rather than flew in a more direct and "natural" way made them unclean. Locusts that hopped may have been clean since this is the normal form of locomotion for birds, which they resembled. The varieties of locusts that crawled were unclean, perhaps because that appeared to be abnormal movement for this insect. [1]