Negative Commandment #183 of 613
Do not eat non-kosher flying insects
Commandment #183 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 14:19, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.”
— Deuteronomy 14:19
Hebrew
יט וְכֹל שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף, טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם: לֹא, יֵאָכֵלוּ.
Greek (Septuagint)
19 πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν ἀκάθαρτα ταῦτά ἐστιν ὑμῖν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 14
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #471
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Foods
Related Commandments in “Food”
#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:2
#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Deuteronomy 14:11
#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:9
#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:21
#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals
Leviticus 11:4
#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl
Leviticus 11:13
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