Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
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Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Deuteronomy 14:19 flatly declares that every creeping thing that flies is unclean and not to be eaten. Leviticus 11:21-23 creates an explicit exception: locusts, bald locusts, beetles, and grasshoppers with jointed legs for leaping may be eaten.
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"Leviticus 11:22 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/leviticus/11/22?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).