Leviticus 11:22
in Leviticus 11Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe locust - ארבה arbeh, either from ארב arab, to lie in wait or in ambush, because often immense flights of them suddenly alight upon the fields, vineyards, etc., and destroy all the produce of the earth; or from רבה rabah, he multiplied, because of their prodigious swarms. See a particular account of these insects in the notes on Exo 10:4 (note). The bald locust - סלעם solam, compounded, says Mr. Parkhurst, from סלע sala, to cut, break, and עם am, contiguity; a kind of locust, probably so called from its rugged, craggy form.
This site's exposition
which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls
on Leviticus 11:13-23
For the fowls the chapter drops the test and gives a bare list, twenty names and no criterion, so a reader learns which birds are excluded without learning what excludes them. Several of the names are argued over in translation, and the older English renderings of cuckow, swan and lapwing are read now as the gull, the water hen and the hoopoe. The Hebrew word covers winged creatures rather than a modern class, which is why the bat closes the list at verse 19. Verses 21 and 22 hold the one permission in the chapter granted out of an abominable class, four kinds of locust with legs above their feet to leap withal, and Mark 1:6 has John the Baptist living on them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The locust - Locusts, though unusual in our food, were commonly eaten by the Ethiopians, Lybians, Parthians, and other eastern people bordering upon the Jews. And as it is certain the eastern locusts were much larger than ours, so it is probable they were of different qualities, and yielding better nourishment.
Even these of them ye may eat, &c.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In the uncertainty of identifying these four creatures, it has been suggested that some of the names may belong to locusts in an imperfect state of development. Most modern versions have taken a safer course than our translators, by retaining the Hebrew names.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֵ֤לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| מֵהֶם֙ | mehem | any of <the> them | ||
| תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ | tokhelu | you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣ה | haarbeh | the locust | H697 → | |
| לְמִינ֔וֹ | lemino | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַסָּלְעָ֖ם | hasalam | the locust | H5556 → | |
| לְמִינֵ֑הוּ | leminehu | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל | hachargol | the locust | H2728 → | |
| לְמִינֵ֔הוּ | leminehu | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶחָגָ֖ב | hechagav | the grasshopper | H2284 → | |
| לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃ | leminehu | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֵ֤לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
מֵהֶם֙any of <the> them
mehem
תֹּאכֵ֔לוּyou will eat
tokheluH398 →810 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣הthe locust
haarbehH697 →
לְמִינ֔וֹto kind its
leminoH4327 →31 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַסָּלְעָ֖םthe locust
hasalamH5556 →
לְמִינֵ֑הוּto kind its
leminehuH4327 →31 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחַרְגֹּ֣לthe locust
hachargolH2728 →
לְמִינֵ֔הוּto kind its
leminehuH4327 →31 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הֶחָגָ֖בthe grasshopper
hechagavH2284 →
לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃to kind its
leminehuH4327 →31 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Mark 1:6John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 1:8
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 13:4
And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 1:8
Through
Romans 14:1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
it leads to
- Romans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7–13
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it…
- 1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- Romans 15:7
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
- Romans 14:21
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- Romans 15:1
Through
Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
it leads to
- Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…
- Matthew 13:15
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.