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.
Leviticus 11:21
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Leviticus 11:41–43
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Leviticus 11:8–10
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Leviticus 11:28–30
28 and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. 29 The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, 30 the gecko, the monito…
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