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Leviticus 11:13

“ ‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “ ‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

  • KJV King James Version

    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,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

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Cross-references (14)

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  • Deuteronomy 14:12-20 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.
  • Job 28:7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
  • Job 38:41 Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
  • Job 39:27-30 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.”
  • Jeremiah 4:13 Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
  • Jeremiah 4:22 “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
  • Jeremiah 48:40 For Yahweh says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.
  • Lamentations 4:19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.
  • Hosea 8:1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is over Yahweh’s house, because they have broken my covenant, and rebelled against my law.
  • Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
  • Matthew 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.
  • Romans 1:28-32 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Romans 3:13-17 “Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways. The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
  • Titus 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, gryphon, as it is in the Greek.

Or, gryphon, as it is in the Greek.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 11:13 And these [are they which] ye shall…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The true signification of these and the following Hebrew…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And these are they which ye shall have in…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Among the fowls - The true signification of the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. And these - among the fowls -…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 11:13. All such fowls and birds as are…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As far as they can be identified, the birds…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The griffon. Not the monster which the painters represent,…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain these are they which ye shall have in abomination…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain CONCERNING FOWLS, Lev_11:13-19.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. the eagle] Heb. nésher, great vulture R.V. mg.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Ye shall have in abomination among the fowls.—The…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 13-19. The unclean birds are those which are…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Of Animals of the Air
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:13-19 The list of unclean birds includes birds of…

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