Deuteronomy 14:19

19 "All winged swarming creatures are unclean for you; they are not to be eaten;

Deuteronomy 14:19 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 14:19

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean
Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases;

``all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;''

(See Gill on Leviticus 11:20), (See Gill on Leviticus 11:21).

Deuteronomy 14:19 In-Context

17 pelicans, barn owls, cormorants,

18 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes and bats.

19 "All winged swarming creatures are unclean for you; they are not to be eaten;

20 but all clean flying creatures you may eat.

21 "You are not to eat any animal that dies naturally; although you may let a stranger staying with you eat it, or sell it to a foreigner; because you are a holy people for ADONAI your God. "You are not to boil a young animal in its mother's milk.