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22 From these[a] 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. 23 But[b] any other[c] winged insect[d] that has four legs is detestable to you. 24 And by these you shall become unclean—anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:22 Literally “These from them”
  2. Leviticus 11:23 Or “And”
  3. Leviticus 11:23 Implied by context
  4. Leviticus 11:23 Literally “swarmer of wing”

22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust,(A) katydid, cricket or grasshopper. 23 But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.

24 “‘You will make yourselves unclean by these;(B) whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.(C)

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