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John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey
John the Baptist wore camel's hair clothing and ate locusts and wild honey. Mark 1:6
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Mark describes John "clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey." Locusts were among the insects the law allowed as food. Mark 1:6Leviticus 11:22
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Mark 1:6 WEB
6John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
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John the Baptist lived in the wilderness. He wore clothes of camel hair and ate locusts and wild honey!