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All winged creeping things that go on all fours are an abomination to you.
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Identifying the 'Creepers'
Commentators clarify that 'winged creeping things' refers to insects, not birds. The phrase 'that go upon all fours' describes their horizontal crawling motion, distinguishing them from upright birds, rather than being a literal count of their legs. This category includes creatures like flies, wasps, and bees.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Rather, “All creeping things which have wings,” etc. The word for creeping things may be regarded as coextensive with our word vermin. It is derive…
19th Century
Anglican
All the fowls that creep. —Better, all creeping things which have wings. The swarming animals or insects, which,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All fowls that creep Or rather "every creeping thing that flies"; for what are designed are not properly fowls, but,…
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