Of all clean birds you may eat. But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, the red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind, every raven after its kind, the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk after its kind, the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant, the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten. Of all clean birds you may eat.
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You shall not eat any abominable thing. These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois. Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you. The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales. You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you. Of all clean birds you may eat. But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, the red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind, every raven after its kind, the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk after its kind, the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant, the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten. Of all clean birds you may eat.
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Of all clean birds you may eat.
But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
the red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind,
every raven after its kind,
the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk after its kind,
the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,
the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
Of all clean birds you may eat.
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Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
And every raven after his kind,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
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Of all clean birds ye may eat.
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;
and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds;
and every raven after its kinds;
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;
and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;
and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
Of all clean winged things ye may eat.
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- Leviticus 11:20-23 (v19) “ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all…
- Philippians 3:19 (v19) whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
- Leviticus 11:13-19 (v12) “ ‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black…
- Job 30:29 (v15) I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v15 Or, cuckoo
Or, cuckoo
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv11, 12, 19, 20 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean,.... Which…
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases;"all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;''See Gill on Lev 11:20; see Gill on Lev 11:21.
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deu 14:20But of all clean fowls ye may eat. Even of all fowls, but those before excepted; Aben Ezra instances in the locust, as being a clean fowl, that might be eaten; and so the Targum of Jonathan is"every clean locust ye may eat;''see Lev 11:22.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v13 Verse 13. The vulture after his kind] The word…
Verse 13. The vulture after his kind] The word דאה daah is improperly translated vulture Le 11:14, and means a kite or glede. The word דיה daiyah in this verse is not only different from that in Leviticus, but means also a different animal, properly enough translated vulture. See Clarke on Le 11:14.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v13 Deu 14:13. And the glede — Hebrew, הראה, haraah,…
Deu 14:13. And the glede — Hebrew, הראה, haraah, a bird of the vulture kind, which evidently has its name from its sharp sight. This is omitted in Leviticus.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv13, 15, 17, 19 Ringtail (ixion). Hebrew raa. The same bird seems to…
Ringtail (ixion). Hebrew raa. The same bird seems to be called dae in Leviticus, by the change of the first letter, though it is there translated the kite. The ixion is a sort of white, quick-sighted vulture. --- Kite. Hebrew diae, according to Bochart, means the vulture, as Isaias (xxxiv. 15,) insinuates that this bird goes in flocks, while the kite is a solitary bird.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 OF BIRDS. (Deu 14:11-20)
OF BIRDS. (Deu 14:11-20)
Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Lev 11:21).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v12 12. These… ye shall not eat — The birds…
12. These… ye shall not eat — The birds prohibited here are as in Lev_11:13-23, except that the glede is added.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv11–20 11–20. Of Birds, cp. Lev_11:13-19; only the unclean are…
11–20. Of Birds, cp. Lev_11:13-19; only the unclean are named; of clean birds we know of the dove, quail, partridge and barbur.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv12–13 (12) These are they of which ye shall not…
(12) These are they of which ye shall not eat.—With one exception, the unclean birds are the same described in Lev_11:13-19.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v13 The glede; ra"ah (har). This word occurs only here,…
The glede; ra"ah (har). This word occurs only here, and it is supposed by some that, by an error of the copyist, substituting r for d, it has come instead of ha; d; as used in Lev_11:14. But it is more probable, as above suggested, that the da"ah of Leviticus is represented by the dayyah of Deuteronomy, and that consequently the reading raah should be re-rained. This word, derived from ha; r; to see, to look, would appropriately designate a bird of keen sight, one of the hawk species. The bird intended may be a buzzard, of which there are now several kinds in Palestine.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 14, 18 All clean birds
All clean birds
An animal that God says is fit for his people to eat is spoken of as if the animal were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)
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eagle ... vulture ... osprey ... red kite ... black kite ... falcon
These are birds that are either awake at night or feed on small animals and dead animals. (See: Translate Unknowns)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv11, 19 14:11-18 These animals are grouped as flying animals that…
14:11-18 These animals are grouped as flying animals that eat rotting flesh.
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