Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Vous ne mangerez point, parmi tous les reptiles qui rampent sur la terre, de tous ceux qui se traînent sur le ventre, ni de tous ceux qui marchent sur quatre pieds ou sur un grand nombre de pieds; car vous les aurez en abomination.
KJV
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ενος ἐπὶ κοιλίᾳ καὶ πᾶς ὁ πορευόμενος ἐπὶ τεσσάρων διὰ παντός, ὃς πολυπληθεῖ ποσίν, ἀκάθαρτός ἐστι“ (Lev. 11,42)· τοιοῦτος δ’ ὁ φιλήδονος ἀεὶ χωρῶν ἐπὶ γαστέρα καὶ τὰς μετὰ ταύτην ἡδονάς. τῷ δὲ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ κοιλίαν τὸν ἐπὶ τεσσάρων βαδίζοντα ἥνωκεν· εἰκότως· τέτταρα γάρ ἐστι τὰ πά…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
θεῖ“ φησί "ποσὶν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς τοῖς ἕρπουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐ φάγεσθε, ὅτι βδελύγματά ἐστιν“ (Lev. 11, 42). ἀλλ’ οὐ μίσους ἐστὶν ἐπαξία ψυχὴ μὴ καθ’ ἓν μέρος ἀλλὰ κατὰ πάντα ἢ τὰ πλεῖστα βαίνουσα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰ σώματος περιλιχνεύουσα καὶ συνόλως εἰς τὰς οὐρανοῦ θείας π…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 152 (Migne)
sim, quia 4 pii sicut Christus erunt, sicut idem dicit: Estote sancti, sicut, quia ego sanctus sum (Lev. XI, 42; Matth. V, 48) . Non quod tantum sanctitatis, quantum ipse habuit, sanctus aliquis habuisset, sed quod unusquisque alius quidem multum, alius vero minus mundus, Dei sa…
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