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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth - The families of the Saltatoria, of which the common cricket, the common gras…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Of every flying creeping thing. —Rather, of all winged creeping things. Having laid down the general rule that those creatures th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Yet these you may eat
Which are after described and named:

of every flying creeping thing that go…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

These laws seem to have been intended,

  1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…

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