# Leviticus 11.20 **Book:** [Leviticus](/codex/leviticus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 18. and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, 19. and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. > > **20. All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.** > > 21. Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth. 22. 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. (Leviticus 11:18-22, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 18. the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. > > **20. “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.** > > 21. Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. 22. Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. (Leviticus 11:18-22, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 18. And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19. And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. > > **20. All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.** > > 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; 22. Even these of them ye 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. (Leviticus 11:18-22, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 18. and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 19. and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. > > **20. 'Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four, an abomination it [is] to you.** > > 21. 'Only, this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth; 22. 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; (Leviticus 11:18-22, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Bible Scientific Errors Objection Defeater](/codex/bible-scientific-errors-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Bible Scientific Errors Objection](/codex/bible-scientific-errors-objection/), via [Leviticus 11.20-23](/codex/leviticus-11-20-23/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.