And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
WEB
Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
YLT
`And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;
DBT
And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)