Deuteronomy 14:10-20

10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 "You may eat all clean birds.

12 But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

13 the buzzard, the kite, after their kinds;

14 every raven after its kind;

15 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk, after their kinds;

16 the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

17 and the pelican, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

18 the stork, the heron, after their kinds; the hoopoe and the bat.

19 And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20 All clean winged things you may eat.

Deuteronomy 14:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 14

In this chapter some cautions are given against the use of some rites and ceremonies in mourning for the dead, with the reason thereof, De 14:1,2 and instructions about what are lawful to be eaten, and what not, whether of beasts, fishes, or fowl, De 14:3-21, and concerning eating one sort of tithes both at the place God should choose, and within their own gates, De 14:22-29.