Leviticus 11:20-23

(4) INSECTS 11:20-23
TEXT 11:20-23

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All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

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Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth;

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even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

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But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS 11:20-23

210.

What insects could be eaten?

211.

How could one recognize a clean insect?

PARAPHRASE 11:20-23

Flying insects with four legs must not be eaten, with the exception of those that jump; locusts of all varietiesordinary locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppersmay be eaten. All other things that fly and have four feet are forbidden to you.

COMMENT 11:20-23

Leviticus 11:20-23 Here are instructions concerning winged insects: there are some of them which are edible: two kinds of locust; the cricket and the grasshopper. If the insect does not have legs by which it can leap it is unclean. A good number of authorities agree that locusts were eaten by many of the nations of antiquity, both in Asia and Africa, and even the ancient Greeks thought them very agreeable in flour. In Arabia (even today) they are sold in the market, sometimes strung upon cords, sometimes by measure, and they are also dried and kept in bags for winter use.. They are generally cooked over hot coals, or on a plate, or in an oven, or stewed in butter, and eaten either with salt or with spice and vinegar, the head and wings, and feet being thrown away. (Keil) Cf. Matthew 3:4.

FACT QUESTIONS 11:20-23

264.

Name three clean insects.

265.

Comment on the quote from Keil.

b. CLEAN AND UNCLEAN FOOD AS RELATED TO
PHYSICAL CONTACT 11:24-43