Leviticus 11:15

Leviticus 11:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every raven after his kind;
• New International Version (NIV)any kind of raven,
• English Standard Version (ESV)every raven of any kind,
• New King James Version (NKJV)every raven after its kind,

Context of Leviticus 11:15

13‘These you shall detest among the birds; they are not to be eaten, for they are hated things: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, 14the kite, every kind of falcon, every kind of raven, 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, every species of hawk, 17the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,

Leviticus 11:15 word by word

אֵ֥ת כָּל־עֹרֵ֖ב לְמִינֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every ravenעֹרֵב‛ôrêb ‛ôrêb · ravenH6158
• after his kindמִיןmîyn · kindH4327

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:15

• Genesis 8:7and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
• 1 Kings 17:4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there [with food].”
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young vultures will devour it.
• Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, for they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the crop]; they have no storehouse or barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Every raven - ערב oreb, a general term comprehending the raven, crow, rook, jackdaw, and magpie.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the Israelites might have been tempted to eat, either from their being easy to obtain, or from the example of other nations, and which served as types of the entire range of prohibited kinds. Leviticus 11:13 The eagle - Rather, the great vulture, which the Egyptians are known to have ranked as the first among birds. Compare 2…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-19The list of ceremonially unclean birds includes birds of prey and scavengers. These birds often touch dead animals and blood, making them unclean and unfit for eating and offerings. Bats fly but are not birds (Leviticus 11:19). So, they are "abnormal" and ceremonially unclean.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls--All birds of prey are particularly ranked in the class unclean; all those which feed on flesh and carrion. No less than twenty species of birds, all probably then known, are mentioned under this category, and the inference follows that all which are not mentioned were allowed; that is, fowls which subsist on vegetable substances. From our imperfect knowledge of the natural history…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:15

• Birds
• Food
• Raven
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Bird
• Clean
• Food
• Paw
• Raven
• Unclean
• Abomination, Birds of
• Atonement, Day of
• Birds, Unclean

Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings