Leviticus 11:41
Good News Translation
You must not eat any of the small animals that move on the ground,

New Revised Standard Version
All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.

New American Bible
All the creatures that swarm on the ground are loathsome and shall not be eaten.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.

Leviticus 11:20,23,29 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you. . . .

Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
40And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening. 41All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.42Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:20
God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.

Genesis 7:21
And all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of cattle, and of beasts, and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth: and all men.

Leviticus 11:29
These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth. The weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

Leviticus 11:42
Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

Leviticus 11:40
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