Leviticus 11:42 (YLT)

Passage

any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth--ye do not eat them, for they <FI>are<Fi> an abomination;

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:40 and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening.

Leviticus 11:41 `And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;

Leviticus 11:42 any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth--ye do not eat them, for they <FI>are<Fi> an abomination;

Leviticus 11:43 ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.

Leviticus 11:44 `For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "going", "belly", "four", "multiplier", "feet", and "teeming". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "going" and "belly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "And every teeming thing which is teeming..." into verse 43's "ye do not make yourselves abominable with...", so "going" and "belly" 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 "going" and "belly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.