Leviticus 11:20-23
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[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. [23] But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt is not named in these verses, which regulate which winged insects Israelites may eat. In the broader context of Leviticus, these holiness laws were given to Israel after its deliverance from Egypt, distinguishing God’s covenant people in daily life.
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Leviticus 11:20-23 mentions Egypt.
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