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Deuteronomy 14:15

horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Birds;   Cuckoo;   Hawk;   Night Hawk;   Ostriches;   Owl;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Birds;   Hawks;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Owl, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination, Birds of;   Birds, Unclean;   Cormorant;   Cuckow;   Fowl;   Hawk;   Night-Hawk;   Sea-Mew;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Birds;   Clean and Unclean Animals;   Cuckoo;   Dietary Laws;   Hawk;   Ostrich;   Pharisees;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
ostriches,
Hebrew Names Version
and the bas haya`anah, and the takhmos, and the sea-mew, and the netz after its kind,
King James Version
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Lexham English Bible
and the ostrich and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
English Standard Version
the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
New Century Version
horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,
New English Translation
the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species,
Amplified Bible
and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any variety,
New American Standard Bible
and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in their kinds,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nor the ostrich, nor the nightcrow, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde,
Legacy Standard Bible
and the ostrich, the owl, the gull, and the hawk in their kinds,
Complete Jewish Bible
ostriches, screech-owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
Darby Translation
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
George Lamsa Translation
The little owl, the night hawk, and the bee eater,
Literal Translation
and the ostrich, and the great owl, and the sea gull, and small hawks by their kinds,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the Estriche, the Night crowe, the Cocow, the Sparow hauke with his kynde,
American Standard Version
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
Bible in Basic English
And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Estritch, the Nightcrowe, the Cockowe, and the Sparowehauke after their kinde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
King James Version (1611)
And the owle, & the night hawke, and the cuckow, and the hawke after his kinde,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the seamew,
English Revised Version
and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind;
Berean Standard Bible
the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and a strucioun, and a nyyt crowe, and a lare,
Young's Literal Translation
and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;
Update Bible Version
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
World English Bible
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
New King James Version
the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds;
New Living Translation
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,
New Life Bible
the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk,
New Revised Standard
the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich and the sea-gull, - and the hawk, after its kind;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind:
Revised Standard Version
the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk, after their kinds;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,

Contextual Overview

1 "You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, you must not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness. 2 This is because you are different from other people. You belong to the Lord your God. From all the people in the world, the Lord chose you to be his own special people. 3 "Don't eat anything that the Lord hates. 4 You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats, 5 deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild sheep, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep. 6 You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. 7 But don't eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. These animals chew the cud, but they don't have split hooves. So these animals are not a clean food for you. 8 And you must not eat pigs. Their hooves are divided, but they don't chew the cud. So pigs are not a clean food for you. Don't eat any meat from pigs. Don't even touch a pig's dead body. 9 "You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales. 10 But don't eat anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales. It is not a clean food for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 30:29

the night: Tachmas, probably the bird which Hasselquist calls strix orientalis, or oriental owl.

the cuckoo: Shachpaph, probably the sea-gull or mew.

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:16 - General Job 39:26 - the hawk

Cross-References

Genesis 14:2
All these kings fought a war against King Bera of Sodom: King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela. (Bela is also called Zoar.)
Genesis 14:3
All these kings joined their armies in the Valley of Siddim. (The Valley of Siddim is now the Salt Sea.)
Deuteronomy 15:2
This is the way you must do this: Everyone who has lent money to another Israelite must cancel the debt. He should not ask a fellow Israelite to repay the debt, because the Lord said to cancel debts during that year.
1 Kings 15:18
So Asa took gold and silver from the treasuries of the Lord 's Temple and the king's palace. He gave it to his officials and sent them to King Ben-Hadad of Aram. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben-Hadad's capital city.
Psalms 112:5
It is good for people to be kind and generous and to be fair in business.
Acts 9:2
and asked him to write letters to the synagogues in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.

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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