But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean. The general prohibition returns after the specific exception: all other flying insects with four legs are unclean. The exception for the locust family is finite and specific; the prohibition covers everything else in the flying insect category. The structure of exception-within-prohibition communicates the covenant's typical legislative approach: the general rule is stated, the exceptions are named, and the general rule is reaffirmed.

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