Deuteronomy 14:19
17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
- KJV
- And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
- WEB
- All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.
- ASV
- And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
- DARBY
- And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
- BLB
- And every swarming thing that flies is unclean for you⁺; they shall not be eaten.
- ÅB
- Alt kryp som har vinger, skal være urent for dere, det skal dere ikke spise.
- OTB
- Alle flygende insekter regnes som urene for deg; avstå fra å spise dem.
- B1930
- Alt kryp som har vinger, skal være urent for eder, det skal I ikke ete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Read in contextLeviticus 11:20–23
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
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