Leviticus 11:15

15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

Leviticus 11:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:15

Every raven after his kind.
] The red raven, night raven, the water raven, river raven, wood raven this also includes crows, rooks, pies, jays, and jackdaws The raven was with the Heathens sacred to Apollo ^F15, is a voracious creature, and so reckoned among unclean ones, and unfit for food; nor does the care that God takes of these creatures, or the use he has made of them, contradict this; see ( Job 38:41 ) ( Psalms 147:9 ) ( 1 Kings 17:4 1 Kings 17:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Aelian. De Animal. l. 1. c. 48. & l. 7. c. 18.

Leviticus 11:15 In-Context

13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.

14 And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind.

15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.

17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis.