Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 14:19
And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
19. all winged creeping things are unclean ] Lit. swarming things that fly, all winged insects. To this Lev 11:21 f. adds that go upon all fours and excepts from the rule such as have jointed legs above their feet to leap on the earth, i.e. various kinds of leaping locusts, as distinguished from the running locust (see Shipley and Cook, art. ‘Locust’ in E.B.). They come under the clean insects of the next v.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
11-20. Of all clean birds ye shalleat(See on Le 11:21).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean,…. Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases;
“all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;”
[See comments on Le 11:20],
[See comments on Le 11:21].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
creeping thing = swarming creature: i.e. rapidly multiplying. Compare Gen 1:20, Gen 1:21; Gen 7:21; Gen 8:17; Gen 9:7. Exo 8:3. Lev 11:29, &c.
is. Hebrew “it [is]”.
they. A special reading, called Sevir, reads, “it”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 11:20-23, Phi 3:19
Reciprocal: Deu 15:10 – because