Leviticus 11:15

15 every raven according to its kind,

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 "And these you shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

14 the kite, the falcon according to its kind,

15 every raven according to its kind,

16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk according to its kind,

17 the owl, the cormorant, the ibis,