Leviticus 11:21 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Leviticus 11:20 All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

Leviticus 11:21 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.

Leviticus 11:22 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.

Leviticus 11:23 But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "winged", "creeping", "things", "upon", "fours", "legs", "above", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "winged" and "creeping", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "All winged creeping things that go upon..." into verse 22's "Even these of them ye may eat...", so "winged" and "creeping" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "winged" and "creeping" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.