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Line 9: − However, there is only one reference to beetles in the King James [[Bible]], in [[Leviticus]] 11:21: + − −
→Beetles in the Bible: no need for "only"
Over half of all described species are insects. Of these, approximately 300,000 are beetles. This led biologist J. B. S. Haldane to remark that God has "an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Over half of all described species are insects. Of these, approximately 300,000 are beetles. This led biologist J. B. S. Haldane to remark that God has "an inordinate fondness for beetles."
:''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; 11:22 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.''
''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; 11:22 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.''
There are, however, 23 references to 'creeping things', 21 in the Old Testament and 2 in the New Testament.
There are, however, 23 references to 'creeping things', 21 in the Old Testament and 2 in the New Testament.
[[Category:Insects]]
[[Category:Insects]]