Deuteronomy 14:20

Deuteronomy 14:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All clean winged things you may eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You may eat all clean birds.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But you may eat any winged bird or insect that is ceremonially clean.

Context of Deuteronomy 14:20

18the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. 19All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them. But any winged creature that is clean you may eat. 21Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. 22Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.

Deuteronomy 14:20 word by word

כָּל־ע֥וֹף טָה֖וֹר תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• all cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• ye may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-21Verses 3-21 Compare 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20flying insects: Compare Leviticus 11:20–23.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2011-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat--(See on Le 11:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 14:20

• Animals
• Birds
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Animal
• Clean
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• Cut
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• Criticism
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 14

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings