Leviticus 11:21

“Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;”

"Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;" - Leviticus 11:21
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What does Leviticus 11:21 mean?

Leviticus 11:21 (KJV) states, "Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth." This verse is found in the Old Testament of the Bible and is part of the dietary laws given to the…

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Leviticus 11:21 - "Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;"
Leviticus 21:11 - "Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;"
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Leviticus 21:19 - "Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,"
"Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;" - Leviticus 21:11
Leviticus 11:22
Leviticus 21:16 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 21:13 - "And he shall take a wife in her virginity."
Leviticus 11:18 - "And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,"
"Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded," - Leviticus 21:19
Leviticus 11:17 - "And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,"
Leviticus 11:14 - "And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;"
Leviticus 11:15 - "Every raven after his kind;"
Leviticus 11:30 - "And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole."
Leviticus 21:22 - "He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy."
Leviticus 21:24 - "And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel."
Habakkuk 2:1-3
Luke 2:1-20
Leviticus 11:19 - "And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
Leviticus 9:21 - "And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded."
Leviticus 9:11 - "And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp."
1 Timothy 2:1-7
Leviticus 21:4 - "But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself."
Leviticus 21:20 - "Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;"