Leviticus 11:21-28
21 However, among all the flying crawling creatures that walk on four legs, you may eat from those (a) that have jointed leg-like extensions above their regular legs, close to their necks, with which they hop on the ground; (b) that have four wings; and (c) whose wings cover the greater part of their bodies.
22 From among those that satisfy these criteria, you may eat the following: the red locust and all varieties of its species, the yellow locust and all varieties of its species (see Figures 24-25), the spotted gray locust and all varieties of its species, and the white locust and all varieties of its species.
23 Nonetheless, it is only any four-legged flying crawling creature that does not satisfy these criteria that you must consider loathsome. You may, however, eat five-legged flying crawling creatures that do not satisfy these criteria, as long as they are members of the four above-named species of locust.
Additional laws concerning animals prohibited for consumption will be given presently.
Defilement Contracted by Contact with Animals Prohibited for Consumption
24 Through contact with the following animals, you will become ritually defiled. Anyone who touches their carcass will be ritually defiled until he immerses himself in a mikveh during the day and then waits until evening,
25 but anyone who carries their carcass must also immerse his garments in a mikveh, besides becoming ritually defiled himself until he immerses himself in a mikveh and then waits until evening.
26 You must consider any animal whose feet are partially cloven but not completely split into at least two sub-feet, and that does not regurgitate its cud, to be ritually defiled, meaning that anyone who touches it will become ritually defiled. An example of such an animal is the camel. The same rules apply to any animal that is forbidden for consumption.
Figure 24. Red Locust
Figure 25. Yellow Locust
