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English Standard Version

Deuteronomy 14:14

every raven of any kind;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Clean and Unclean;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Animal;   Clean;   Food;   Raven;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Clean, Cleanness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Food;   Leviticus;   Raven;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Animals, Clean and Unclean;   Birds, Clean and Unclean;   Raven;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ravels;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination, Birds of;   Birds, Unclean;   Cormorant;   Fowl;   Genesis;   Raven;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Clean and Unclean Animals;   Dietary Laws;   Pharisees;   Raven;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
every kind of raven,
Hebrew Names Version
and every orev after its kind,
King James Version
And every raven after his kind,
Lexham English Bible
and any kind of crow according to its kind,
New Century Version
any kind of raven,
New English Translation
every raven after its species,
Amplified Bible
and every raven of any variety,
New American Standard Bible
and every raven in its kind,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nor all kinde of rauens,
Legacy Standard Bible
and every raven in its kind,
Complete Jewish Bible
any kind of raven,
Darby Translation
and every raven after its kind;
Easy-to-Read Version
any kind of raven,
George Lamsa Translation
The owl, the pelican, the crow,
Literal Translation
and all ravens by their kinds;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& all Rauens in their kynde,
American Standard Version
and every raven after its kind,
Bible in Basic English
Every raven, and all birds of that sort;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all kinde of Rauens.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and every raven after its kinds;
King James Version (1611)
And euery rauen after his kinde,
English Revised Version
and every raven after its kind;
Berean Standard Bible
any kind of raven,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and al thing of rauenys kynde,
Young's Literal Translation
and every raven after its kind;
Update Bible Version
and every raven after its kind,
Webster's Bible Translation
And every raven after his kind,
World English Bible
and every raven after its kind,
New King James Version
every raven after its kind;
New Living Translation
ravens of all kinds,
New Life Bible
every kind of raven,
New Revised Standard
every raven of any kind;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and every raven after its kind;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all of the raven’s kind:
Revised Standard Version
every raven after its kind;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and every raven in its kind,

Contextual Overview

1 "You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 3 "You shall not eat any abomination. 4 These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 7 Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you. 8 And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. 9 "Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. 10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Genesis 12:16
And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.
Genesis 14:1
In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
Genesis 14:2
these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Genesis 14:3
And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:11
So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir."

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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