All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you. The flying insect section opens with a general prohibition: flying insects that walk on all fours — a description that captures insects in general (six-legged creatures were perhaps described as walking on all fours by ancient classification) — are unclean. The broad prohibition covers the vast majority of flying insects before the exceptions of verses 21–22 narrow it to the specific permissible categories.

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