Leviticus 11:23 (YLT)

Passage

and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:21 `Only--this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

Leviticus 11:22 these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

Leviticus 11:23 and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

Leviticus 11:24 `And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

Leviticus 11:25 and anyone who is lifting up <FI>aught<Fi> of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: --

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "teeming", "flying", "hath", "four", "feet--an", and "abomination". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "teeming" and "flying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "these of them ye do eat the..." into verse 24's "And by these ye are made unclean...", so "teeming" and "flying" 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 "teeming" and "flying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.