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Selected Verse: Leviticus 11:42 - Strong Concordance

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Le 11:42 Strong Concordance Whatsoever goeth [01980] upon the belly [01512], and whatsoever goeth [01980] upon all four [0702], or whatsoever hath more [07235] feet [07272] among all creeping things [08318] that creep [08317] upon the earth [0776], them ye shall not eat [0398]; for they are an abomination [08263].
  King James Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly - i. e. all footless reptiles, and mollusks, snakes of all kinds, snails, slugs, and worms. "Whatsoever goeth upon all four;" i. e. "creeping things," or vermin; such as the weasel, the mouse or the lizard. Whatsoever hath more feet; i. e. all insects, except the locust family (Lev 11:22 note), myriapods, spiders, and caterpillars.
 
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22 Even these of them ye may eat [0398]; the locust [0697] after his kind [04327], and the bald locust [05556] after his kind [04327], and the beetle [02728] after his kind [04327], and the grasshopper [02284] after his kind [04327].