Leviticus 11:13

Leviticus 11:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

Context of Leviticus 11:13

11They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies disgusting. 12Every creature in the water without fins or scales is disgusting to you. “Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures, 14kites, all types of buzzards, 15all types of crows,

Leviticus 11:13 word by word

וְאֶת־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ תְּשַׁקְּצ֣וּ מִן־הָע֔וֹף לֹ֥א יֵאָכְל֖וּ שֶׁ֣קֶץ הֵ֑ם אֶת־הַנֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ וְאֶת־הַפֶּ֔רֶס וְאֵ֖ת הָעָזְנִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ye shall have in abominationשִׁקֵּץshâqats · to detestH8262
• amongמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• they shall not be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• an abominationשֶׁ֫קֶץsheqets · detestationH8263
• the eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• and the ossifrageפֶּ֫רֶסperes · vultureH6538
• and the osprayעׇזְנִיָּה‛oznîyâh · bird of preyH5822

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:13

• Deuteronomy 14:12But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
• Job 28:7No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk’s eye has ever seen it.
• Job 38:41“Who provides food for the crow when its young ones cry to God and wander around in need of food?
• Job 39:27Is it by your order that the eagle flies high and makes its nest on the heights?
• Jeremiah 4:13The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are faster than eagles. How horrible it will be for us! We will be destroyed!
• Jeremiah 48:40“This is what the Lord says: The enemy will swoop down like eagles and spread their wings over Moab.
• Lamentations 4:19Those who were hunting us were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us in the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Hosea 8:1“Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn. The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my promise and rebelled against my teachings.
• Habakkuk 1:8Their horses will be faster than leopards and quicker than wolves in the evening. Their riders will gallop along proudly. Their riders will come from far away. They will fly like an eagle that swoops down for its prey.
• Matthew 24:28Vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.
• Romans 1:28And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things.
• Romans 3:13Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deception. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And these - among the fowls - the eagle - נשר nesher, from nashar, to lacerate, cut, or tear to pieces; hence the eagle, a most rapacious bird of prey, from its tearing the flesh of the animals it feeds on; and for this purpose birds of prey have, in general, strong, crooked talons and a hooked beak. The eagle is a cruel bird, exceedingly ravenous, and almost insatiable. The ossifrage - Or bone-breaker, from os, a bone, and frango, I break, because it not…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 11:13

• Birds
• Eagle
• Food
• Osprey
• Ossifrage
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Bird
• Clean
• Eagle
• Food
• Osprey
• Ossifrage
• Paw
• Unclean
• Abomination

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