Leviticus 11:13

Leviticus 11:13 says, And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,  Now, Moses begins to give the restrictions on the birds that could not be eaten.  There is quite an extensive list given.  Verse fourteen adds, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;  Verse fifteen continues, Every raven after his kind;  Verse sixteen concludes, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,  Verse seventeen states, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,  Verse eighteen adds, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,  Then verse nineteen continues, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.  These were the birds of prey and the ones that ate dead things and Matthew Henry said the ones that lived in solitude and darkness.  They were also the ones that basically traveled by flight and walked very little.  Verse twenty says, All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.  Matthew Henry says that fowl here were flying insects referred to in the next verse and they were to be an abomination to the people of Israel.  Verse twenty-one adds, 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;  The people of Israel were to be allowed to eat insects that had legs above their feet.  Verse twenty-two continues, 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.  Moses then gave a list of the insects that could be eaten, which were locusts, beetles and grasshoppers.  I have never had a desire to eat any of these things but do know that they were eaten by people in the Old Testament times and even by some people today, I believe.  Still, since the dietary laws no longer apply, I believe we would be spiritually free to eat of any of the bugs that we desired to, though they might not be that healthy physically.  Verse twenty-three states, But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.  This is a warning that all other flying creeping things would be an abomination to the people of Israel.  Verse twenty-four adds, And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.  Not only were the people of Israel told to not eat these things, but the were to avoid touching them when they were dead.  Then verse twenty-five concludes, And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.  Anyone touching the carcass, maybe to remove it from the camp, would be considered unclean and would have to wash their clothes, and would still be considered unclean for the rest of the day.  Though we do not have the dietary restrictions today, God still takes sin seriously, and if we allow things that are an abomination to God to come into our lives, we will be spiritually unclean until we once again come to Jesus to allow Him to wash us clean by His blood.  Even though we will not lose our salvation if we allow unclean things into our lives, we will limit our witness for God and I believe bring about a spiritual distance between God and us.