Leviticus 11:15

15 et omne corvini generis in similitudinem suam

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 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

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

Leviticus 11:15 In-Context

13 haec sunt quae de avibus comedere non debetis et vitanda sunt vobis aquilam et grypem et alietum
14 milvum ac vulturem iuxta genus suum
15 et omne corvini generis in similitudinem suam
16 strutionem et noctuam et larum et accipitrem iuxta genus suum
17 bubonem et mergulum et ibin
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