Bible verse
All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
Leviticus 11:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 11.
19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
21 However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
23 All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
24 These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
25 and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
26 Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
27 All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
KJV
But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
ASV
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
ERV
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.
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