^11:20“ ‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours¹⁸ is detestable to you. ^11:21However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs¹⁹ to hop with on the land. ^11:22These you may eat from them:²⁰ the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind. ^11:23But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

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Footnotes

18 Heb “the one walking on four” (cf. vv. 21–23 and 27–28).
19 Heb “which to it are lower legs from above to its feet” (reading the Qere “to it” rather than the Kethib “not”).
20 For entomological remarks on the following list of insects see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (), 1:; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (), .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you. There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you. But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. You may eat these:

any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you. You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump. The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers. All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘Any winged insect that walks on all fours is detestable to you. Only this may you eat from any of the winged insects that walk on all fours—that which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land. From these you may eat the locust according to its kind and the bald locust according to its kind and the cricket according to its kind and the grasshopper according to its kind. But any other winged insect that has four legs is detestable to you.

KJV 1900King James Version

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 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; 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. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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