Leviticus 11:20 (KJV)

Passage

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

Leviticus 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Leviticus 11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

Leviticus 11:21 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;

Leviticus 11:22 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fowls", "creep", "going", "upon", "four", "shall", and "abomination". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fowls" and "creep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And the stork the heron after her..." into verse 21's "Yet these may ye eat of every...", so "fowls" and "creep" 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 "fowls" and "creep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.