The Meaning of Leviticus 11:23 Explained

Leviticus 11:23

KJV: But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

YLT: and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet -- an abomination it is to you.

Darby: But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 11:23?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 11:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Leviticus 11:23?

What is the context of Leviticus 11:23?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.

What does Leviticus 11:23 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 11:1-23 - 41-47, The Distinction Between Clean And Unclean

There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that this is the finest sanitary code in existence, and that many of the diseases of modern life would disappear if it were universally adopted. God made these distinctions matters of religion, that the well-being of His people might be doubly assured. These restrictions were also imposed to erect strong barriers between the chosen people and the heathen. So long as they obeyed, it was clearly impossible to participate in the heathen festivals, where many of these animals were partaken of.

We are not now bound by these enactments. Our Lord made all meats clean, Mark 7:19, r.v. Peter was bidden to kill and eat all manner of creeping things, and his protest was overborne by the assurance that God had cleansed all. See Acts 10:11-16. Religion consists not in outward rites, but in the inward temper. See Hebrews 9:10. Note that touching was forbidden, because the least contact with evil hurts the soul. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 11

¹ What animals may be eaten
⁴ and what may not be eaten
⁹ What fishes
¹³ What fowls
²⁹ The creeping things which are unclean

What do the individual words in Leviticus 11:23 mean?

But all - [other] flying insects which have to them four feet an abomination [shall] be to you

וְכֹל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף אֲשֶׁר־ ל֖וֹ אַרְבַּ֣ע רַגְלָ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם

וְכֹל֙	But all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
שֶׁ֣רֶץ	-
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֶׁרֶץ Sense: teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers.
הָע֔וֹף	[other] flying insects
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹוף Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
אֲשֶׁר־	which have
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
ל֖וֹ	to them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אַרְבַּ֣ע	four
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: אַרְבַּע Sense: four.
רַגְלָ֑יִם	feet
Parse: Noun, fd Root: רֶגֶל Sense: foot.
שֶׁ֥קֶץ	an abomination
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שֶׁקֶץ Sense: detestable thing or idol, an unclean thing, an abomination, detestation.
ה֖וּא	[shall] be
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
לָכֶֽם	to you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural

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