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Complete Jewish Bible

Deuteronomy 14:16

little owls, great owls, horned owls,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Birds;   Owl;   Sanitation;   Swan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Birds;   Owls;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Owl, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Clean and Unclean;   Owl;   Swan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Animal;   Clean;   Food;   Mole;   Owl;   Swan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Owl;   Swan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Chameleon;   Clean, Cleanness;   Owl;   Screech Owl;   Swan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Food;   Hawk;   Leviticus;   Night-Hawk;   Owl;   Swan;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Animals, Clean and Unclean;   Birds, Clean and Unclean;   Mole;   Owl;   Swan;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Owl;   Swan;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination, Birds of;   Birds, Unclean;   Chameleon;   Cormorant;   Fowl;   Mole;   Ostrich;   Owl;   Owl, Great;   Owl, Little;   Swan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Birds;   Clean and Unclean Animals;   Dietary Laws;   Judaism;   Pharisees;   Swan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
little owls, long-eared owls,
Hebrew Names Version
the kos, and the yanshuf, and the tanshemet,
King James Version
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Lexham English Bible
the little owl and the great owl and the barn owl,
English Standard Version
the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl
New Century Version
little owls, great owls, white owls,
New English Translation
the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,
Amplified Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the long-eared owl,
New American Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither the litle owle, nor the great owle, nor the redshanke,
Legacy Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
Darby Translation
the owl, and the ibis and the swan,
Easy-to-Read Version
little owls, great owls, white owls,
George Lamsa Translation
The stork, the hoopoe after its kind,
Literal Translation
the little owl, and the eared owl, and the barn owl,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the litle Oule, the greate Oule, ye Backe,
American Standard Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
Bible in Basic English
The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The litle Owle, the great Owle, nor the Redshanke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;
King James Version (1611)
The little owle, and the great owle, and the swanne,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,
English Revised Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;
Berean Standard Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and an hauk bi his kynde, a fawcun,
Young's Literal Translation
the [little] owl, and the [great] owl, and the swan,
Update Bible Version
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
Webster's Bible Translation
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
World English Bible
the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
New King James Version
the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl,
New Living Translation
the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,
New Life Bible
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,
New Revised Standard
the little owl and the great owl, the water hen
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the pelican and the bittern, and the swan;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The heron, and the swan, and the stork,
Revised Standard Version
the little owl and the great owl, the water hen
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

Contextual Overview

1 (iv) "You are the people of Adonai your God. You are not to gash yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead, 2 because you are a people set apart as holy for Adonai your God. Adonai your God has chosen you to be his own unique treasure out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 3 "You are not to eat anything disgusting. 4 The animals which you may eat are: ox, sheep, goat, 5 deer, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, oryx and mountain sheep. 6 Any animal that has a separate hoof that is completely divided and also chews the cud, these animals you may eat. 7 But you are not to eat those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof. For example, the camel, the hare and the coney are unclean for you because they chew the cud but don't have a separate hoof; 8 while the pig is unclean for you because, although it has a separate hoof, it doesn't chew the cud. You are not to eat meat from these or touch their carcasses. 9 "Of all that lives in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, these you may eat. 10 But whatever lacks fins and scales you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the swan: Tinshemeth, probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose. Deuteronomy 14:16

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing.
Genesis 14:11
The victors took all the possessions of S'dom and ‘Amora and all their food supply; then they left.
Genesis 14:12
But as they left, they took Lot, Avram's brother's son, and his possessions; since he was living in S'dom.
Genesis 14:18
Malki-Tzedek king of Shalem brought out bread and wine. He was cohen of El ‘Elyon [God Most High],
Genesis 14:19
so he blessed him with these words: "Blessed be Avram by El ‘Elyon, maker of heaven of earth.
1 Samuel 30:8
Then David consulted Adonai . He asked, "Should I go in pursuit of these raiders? Will I catch up with them?" And [ Adonai ] answered him, "Go in pursuit, because you will overtake them and recover everyone and everything."
Isaiah 41:2
Who has raised from the east one who is just and called him to be in his service? He hands nations over to him and subjects kings to him; his sword reduces them to dust, his bow to driven straw.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Leviticus 11:0. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker.

Deuteronomy 14:5

The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope.

Deuteronomy 14:21

The prohibition is repeated from Leviticus 22:8. The directions as to the disposal of the carcass are unique to Deuteronomy, and their motive is clear. To have forbidden the people either themselves to eat that which had died, or to allow any others to do so, would have involved loss of property, and consequent temptation to an infraction of the command. The permissions now for the first time granted would have been useless in the wilderness. During the 40 years’ wandering there could be but little opportunity of selling such carcasses; while non-Israelites living in the camp would in such a matter be bound by the same rules as the Israelites Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 24:22. Further, it would seem (compare Leviticus 17:15) that greater stringency is here given to the requirement of abstinence from that which had died of itself. Probably on this, as on so many other points, allowance was made for the circumstances of the people. Flesh meat was no doubt often scarce in the desert. It would therefore have been a hardship to forbid entirely the use of that which had not been killed. However, now that the plenty of the promised land was before them, the modified toleration of this unholy food was withdrawn.


 
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