Leviticus 11:21
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.
In context
18 the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 “All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21 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. 22 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. 23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
24 “And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Leviticus 11:21 in the KJV
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;
- NIV New International Version
— Leviticus 11:21 in the NIV
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.