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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 11, Verse 21

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All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
King James Version
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;
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs to hop with on the land.
World English Bible
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.
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[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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But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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[The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they [are] unclean unto you.
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These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
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And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
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These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.