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 are to detest from among the birds – they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14the kite, the buzzard of any kind, every kind of crow, 16the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, 17the little owl, the cormorant, the screech 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 sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
• 1 Kings 17:4Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”
• Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
• Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, 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