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the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, the devastating locust in its kinds, the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds and the devastating locust in its kinds and the cricket in its kinds and the grasshopper in its kinds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Of these you may eat: the whole species of migratory locust, of bald locust, of cricket, and of grasshopper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat these: any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You may eat these: any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These creatures that you may eat include the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />these of them you 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />These from them ye shall eat; the locust according to its kind, the winged locust according to its kind, and the locust without wings according to its kind, and the leaping locust according to its kind.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />you shall eat, such as the beetle in its kind, and the cricket, and grasshopper, and the locust, each one according to its kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />hence of these you may eat the following: the various kinds of locusts, the various kinds of bald locusts, the various kinds of crickets, and the various kinds of grasshoppers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Of these you may eat: the locust after its kind and the large winged locust after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Of them eat these: locusts with their kinds and the large grasshopper with its kinds.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/11-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2542" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/11.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>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. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">Of these</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you may eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4327.htm" title="4327: lə·mî·nōw (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kind, species. From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. Species.">any kind</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/697.htm" title="697: hā·’ar·beh (Art:: N-ms) -- (a kind of) locust. From rabah; a locust.">of locust,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5556.htm" title="5556: has·sā·lə·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- A locust. Apparently from the same as cela' in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. Consuming; a kind of locust.">katydid,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4327.htm" title="4327: lə·mî·nê·hū (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kind, species. From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. Species."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2728.htm" title="2728: ha·ḥar·gōl (Art:: N-ms) -- (a kind of) locust. From charag; the leaping insect, i.e. A locust.">cricket,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4327.htm" title="4327: lə·mî·nê·hū (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kind, species. From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. Species."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2284.htm" title="2284: he·ḥā·ḡāḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Locust, grasshopper. Of uncertain derivation; a locust.">or grasshopper.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4327.htm" title="4327: lə·mî·nê·hū (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kind, species. From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. Species."></a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Deuteronomy 14:19-20</a></span><br />All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten. / But you may eat any clean bird.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a></span><br />John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Mark 1:6</a></span><br />John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12-15</a></span><br />It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a></span><br />And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. / God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">1 Timothy 4:4-5</a></span><br />For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, / because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm">Ezekiel 4:14</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-6.htm">Acts 11:6-9</a></span><br />I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. / Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’ / ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-25.htm">1 Corinthians 10:25-27</a></span><br />Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, / for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” / If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Isaiah 66:17</a></span><br />“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Even these of them you may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4,5</a></b></br> Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/35-3.htm">Isaiah 35:3</a></b></br> Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm">Matthew 3:4</a></b></br> And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/exodus/8-31.htm">Beetle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-42.htm">Cricket</a> <a href="/genesis/10-20.htm">Different</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/nahum/3-16.htm">Grasshopper</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-19.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-19.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/exodus/10-19.htm">Locust</a> <a href="/exodus/31-4.htm">Sorts</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/13-40.htm">Bald</a> <a href="/psalms/78-45.htm">Beetle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-42.htm">Cricket</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-19.htm">Different</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Grasshopper</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Locust</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm">Sorts</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm">What animals may be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm">and what may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">What fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">What fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm">The creeping things which are unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Of these you may eat</b><br>This phrase indicates a specific allowance within the dietary laws given to the Israelites. The dietary laws in Leviticus were part of the covenant between God and Israel, setting them apart as a holy nation. The permission to eat certain insects highlights the detailed nature of these laws and God's concern for the daily lives of His people. It also reflects the practical aspects of survival in the wilderness, where protein sources were limited.<p><b>any kind of locust,</b><br>Locusts were a common food source in the ancient Near East, especially in arid regions where other food might be scarce. They are rich in protein and were considered a delicacy in some cultures. The allowance to eat locusts is significant because it shows a distinction between clean and unclean insects, emphasizing God's provision and care for His people. In the New Testament, John the Baptist is noted for eating locusts and wild honey, which connects to this provision and highlights his ascetic lifestyle.<p><b>katydid,</b><br>The katydid, like the locust, is a type of grasshopper. Its inclusion in the list of permissible insects underscores the broader category of clean insects that hop on the ground. This reflects the importance of distinguishing between different types of creatures, a theme prevalent in Leviticus. The katydid's mention also points to the diversity of God's creation and His sovereignty over it.<p><b>cricket,</b><br>Crickets, another type of hopping insect, were also considered clean. This inclusion further illustrates the detailed nature of the dietary laws. The cricket's mention may also serve as a reminder of the Israelites' dependence on God's guidance for their sustenance. The emphasis on specific insects highlights the broader principle of obedience to God's commands, which is a recurring theme throughout the Bible.<p><b>or grasshopper.</b><br>Grasshoppers, like locusts, were a familiar and accessible food source. Their inclusion in the list of clean insects reinforces the idea of God's provision and the practical aspects of the dietary laws. Grasshoppers are often associated with abundance and provision in the Bible, as seen in the story of the plagues in Egypt, where locusts were used as a tool of judgment. This connection underscores the dual nature of God's creation as both a source of sustenance and a means of discipline.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the dietary laws, who were called to be a holy nation set apart for God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where God delivered the laws to Moses, including dietary regulations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/locusts,_katydids,_crickets,_grasshoppers.htm">Locusts, Katydids, Crickets, Grasshoppers</a></b><br>Specific insects mentioned as permissible for consumption under the dietary laws.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_holiness.htm">Understanding Holiness</a></b><br>The dietary laws were part of God's call for Israel to be holy and distinct. Holiness involves obedience and separation from practices that are not aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The allowance of certain insects for consumption highlights God's provision and care for His people, even in the details of their diet.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_purity.htm">Symbolism of Purity</a></b><br>The distinction between clean and unclean foods symbolizes the broader spiritual truth of purity and impurity in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context.htm">Cultural Context</a></b><br>Recognize the cultural and historical context of these laws, which were specific to the Israelites and their covenant with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/new_covenant_understanding.htm">New Covenant Understanding</a></b><br>In Christ, the focus shifts from external adherence to dietary laws to internal purity and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_bible_say_insects_have_4_legs.htm">Why does the Bible say insects have four legs when they have six?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_john's_attire_and_diet_realistic.htm">Is John’s attire of camel hair and his diet of locusts and wild honey historically realistic, or does it contradict local cultural practices? (Matthew 3:4) </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_we_reconcile_lev._11_20-23_with_entomology.htm">In Leviticus 11:20-23, insects are described as having four legs. How do we reconcile this with modern entomology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_a_good_name_worth_more_than_ointment.htm">What distinguishes clean from unclean animals in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The locust after his kind.</span>--Of the four species of locusts here specified as permitted to be eaten, this one called <span class= "ital">arbe </span>is the most frequently mentioned in the Bible. It occurs no less than twenty-four times, and is in four instances wrongly rendered in the Authorised Version by "grasshopper" (<a href="/judges/6-5.htm" title="For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.">Judges 6:5</a>; <a href="/judges/7-12.htm" title="And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.">Judges 7:12</a>; <a href="/job/39-20.htm" title="Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.">Job 39:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm" title="They shall cut down her forest, said the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.">Jeremiah 46:23</a>). It is the locust which constituted the eighth plague of Egypt (<a href="/context/exodus/10-4.htm" title="Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into your coast:">Exodus 10:4-19</a>); which is described as committing the terrible ravages (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm" title="You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.">Deuteronomy 28:38</a>; <a href="/joel/1-4.htm" title="That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that which the locust has left has the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left has the caterpillar eaten.">Joel 1:4</a>; <a href="/joel/2-25.htm" title="And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.">Joel 2:25</a>; <a href="/nahum/3-7.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, that all they that look on you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? from where shall I seek comforters for you?">Nahum 3:7</a>); and which swarmed in such innumerable quantities that it became a proverb in the Bible, "like the locusts in multitude" (<a href="/judges/7-12.htm" title="And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.">Judges 7:12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm" title="They shall cut down her forest, said the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.">Jeremiah 46:23</a>). From these characteristics the <span class= "ital">arbe </span>is supposed to be the flying migratory locust. The administrators of the law in the time of Christ described the <span class= "ital">arbe </span>by the name <span class= "ital">gubai, </span>which is the species most commonly eaten, and ordained the following benediction to be recited before eating it: "Blessed be He by whose word everything was created." The locusts which are still eaten by the Jews and other Eastern nations are prepared in different ways. Generally they are thrown alive into a pot of boiling water mixed with salt, and taken out after a few minutes, when the heads, feet, and wings are plucked off, and the trunks are dried in an oven or in the sun on the roofs of houses, and are kept in bags for winter use. They are also broiled or stewed, or fried in butter; or they are mixed with butter and spread on thin cakes of bread. In taste they resemble shrimps or prawns. There are shops in some Eastern towns where they only sell locusts, strung upon cords or by measure. The locusts thus form an antidote to the famine they create by the devastation which they commit. They formed, along with "wild honey," the food of John the Baptist (<a href="/matthew/3-4.htm" title="And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.">Matthew 3:4</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/11-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">any kind</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִינ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mî·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4327.htm">Strong's 4327: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sort, species</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of locust,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ar·beh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_697.htm">Strong's 697: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a kind of) locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">katydid,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַסָּלְעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(has·sā·lə·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5556.htm">Strong's 5556: </a> </span><span class="str2">A kind of locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cricket,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥar·gōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2728.htm">Strong's 2728: </a> </span><span class="str2">The leaping insect, a locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or grasshopper.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחָגָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·ḡāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2284.htm">Strong's 2284: </a> </span><span class="str2">Locust, grasshopper</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 11:22 Even of these you may eat: any (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 11:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 11:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 11:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>