Deuteronomy 14:11

11 You may eat any clean bird.

Deuteronomy 14:11 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:11

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
] Which the Targum of Jonathan describes, everyone that has a craw, and whose crop is naked, and has a superfluous talon, and is not rapacious; but such as are unclean are expressed by name in the following verses, so that all except them might be reckoned clean and fit for food. Maimonides F16 observes, that only the number of the unclean are reckoned, so that all the rest are free.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Hilchot. Maacolot Asurot, c. 1. sect. 14.

Deuteronomy 14:11 In-Context

9 Here's what you may eat of every creature that lives in the water: You may eat any creature that has fins and scales.
10 But never eat anything that doesn't have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.
11 You may eat any clean bird.
12 But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
13 buzzards, all types of kites,
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