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 are to be detestable to you. You should not eat meat from them and you should detest their carcasses. 12Whatever has neither fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing to you. “Among the birds you should detest the following—they are not to be eaten—they are loathsome: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 14the red kite, any kind of black kite, 15any kind of raven,

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 these are the ones you are not to eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
• Job 28:7No bird of prey knows the path; nor falcon’s eye has seen it.
• Job 38:41Who arranges provision for the raven, when its young cry out to God, and wander about for lack of food?
• Job 39:27Is it by your command that an eagle soars and builds its nest high?
• Jeremiah 4:13See, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots like whirlwinds. His horses are swifter than eagles— “Oy ! We are ruined!”
• Jeremiah 48:40For thus says Adonai: “Behold, he will swoop down like a vulture and spread out his wings against Moab.
• Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles of the sky; they pursued us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Hosea 8:1“Put a shofar to your mouth! Like a vulture he comes against the house of Adonai. For they overstepped My covenant and transgressed My Torah.
• Habakkuk 1:8Its horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Its horsemen come galloping. Its horsemen are coming from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to eat.
• Matthew 24:28For wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
• Romans 3:13Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers is under their lips.

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