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

13They must not eat some birds because they are not clean. They must not eat either the eagle or the vulture. 14They must not eat the buzzard or the kite. They must not eat the raven. 16They must not eat any owl, seagull or hawk. 17They must not eat the cormorant.

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 8:7He sent a raven to fly away. The raven flew away from the ship and then it returned. It continued to do this until the earth was dry.
• 1 Kings 17:4You will drink water from the stream. I have also commanded the ravens to feed you there.’
• Proverbs 30:17Punishment will come to anyone who insults his father, or who refuses to listen to his mother. Wild birds will pick out his eyes and vultures will eat his body.
• Luke 12:24Think about the birds. They do not plant seeds in the ground. They do not cut down plants to eat. They have no buildings to store food. But God gives them food to eat. You are much more valuable 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