“Yet 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;”
There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. The exception to the flying insect prohibition: insects with jointed legs for hopping — the locusts and their relatives. The jointed hopping legs distinguish the permitted insects from the crawling insects; the ability to hop rather than merely crawl identifies the clean subset of flying insects. The exception is anatomically specific: not all flying insects with legs but specifically those with jointed hopping legs.
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