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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Revised Standard Version

Deuteronomy 14:18

the stork, the heron, after their kinds; the hoopoe and the bat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Bat;   Birds;   Heron;   Lapwing;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Beasts;   Unclean;   The Topic Concordance - Meat;   Uncleanness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Clean and Unclean;   Heron;   Stork;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Animal;   Bat;   Clean;   Food;   Heron;   Lapwing;   Stork;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bat;   Heron;   Lapwing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bats;   Birds;   Clean, Cleanness;   Heron;   Hoopoe;   Lapwing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bat;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Food;   Heron;   Hoopoe;   Leviticus;   Mole;   Stork;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Animals, Clean and Unclean;   Bat;   Birds, Clean and Unclean;   Heron ;   Lapwing,;   Stork,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;   Lapwing;   Vulture;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bat;   Heron;   Lapwing;   Stork;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abomination, Birds of;   Bat;   Birds, Unclean;   Cormorant;   Fowl;   Genesis;   Heron;   Hoopoe;   Lapwing;   Lizard;   Stork;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bat;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Birds;   Clean and Unclean Animals;   Dietary Laws;   Heron;   Lapwing;   Pharisees;   Solomon;   Stork;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
storks,
Hebrew Names Version
and the khasidah, and the anafah after its kind, and the dukifat, and the atalef.
King James Version
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Lexham English Bible
and the stork and the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat.
English Standard Version
the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
New Century Version
storks, any kind of heron, the hoopoes, or bats.
New English Translation
the stork, the her on after its species, the hoopoe, the bat,
Amplified Bible
the stork, and the heron of any variety, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
New American Standard Bible
the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The storke also, and the heron in his kinde, nor the lapwing, nor the backe.
Legacy Standard Bible
the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.
Complete Jewish Bible
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes and bats.
Darby Translation
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Easy-to-Read Version
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, or bats.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the brood of these birds is unclean for you, you shall not eat them.
Literal Translation
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the Storke, the Heron, the Iaye wt his kynde, the Lapwynge, ye Swalowe:
American Standard Version
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Bible in Basic English
The stork and the heron and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Storke, the Heron in his kinde, the Lapwing, the Backe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
King James Version (1611)
And the Storke, and the Heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the batte.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.
English Revised Version
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Berean Standard Bible
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and a caladrie, alle in her kynde; also a lapwynke and a backe.
Young's Literal Translation
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat;
Update Bible Version
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
World English Bible
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
New King James Version
the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.
New Living Translation
the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.
New Life Bible
the stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
New Revised Standard
the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind, - and the mountain-cock, and the bat.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their kind: the houp also and the bat.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat.

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 own possession, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth. 3 "You shall not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the hart, 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 swine, 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

the lapwing: Doocheephath, the upupa, or hoop, a beautiful but very unclean bird. Deuteronomy 14:18

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomor'rah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the mountain.
Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,
Ruth 3:10
And he said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter; you have made this last kindness greater than the first, in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
2 Samuel 2:5
David sent messengers to the men of Ja'besh-gil'ead, and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord, and buried him!
Psalms 7:17
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Psalms 50:14
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;
Psalms 57:2
I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me.
Psalms 76:2
His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
Micah 6:6
"With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Acts 7:48
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says,

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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