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Leviticus 11:22

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Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
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  1. Mark 1:6Rank 1 from verse 22
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    6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

  2. Matthew 3:4Rank 2 from verse 22
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    4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

  3. Exodus 10:4–5Rank 3 from verse 22
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    4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

    5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

  4. Hebrews 12:12–13Rank 4 from verse 22
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    12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

    13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

  5. Hebrews 5:11Rank 5 from verse 22
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    11Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

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Leviticus 11:22

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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kind

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Sense 1: A class, sort, nature, or group sharing common characteristics. Sense 2: Benevolent, gracious, helpful, or gentle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bald

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Destitute of hair, especially on the head; in 'bald locust,' part of the established creature name.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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21Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

22Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

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23But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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