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 There are many things that live in the water. You may eat anything that has fins and scales,
10 but do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean for you.
11 You may eat any clean bird.
12 But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures,
13 red kites, falcons, any kind of kite,
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