Deuteronomy 14:20
18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.
19 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
But you may eat any clean bird.
21 You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
22 You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
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
- But you may eat any clean bird.
- KJV
- But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
- WEB
- Of all clean birds you may eat.
- ASV
- Of all clean birds ye may eat.
- DARBY
- All clean fowls shall ye eat.
- BLB
- All clean birds you⁺ may eat.
- ÅB
- Men alt flyvende som er rent, kan dere spise.
- OTB
- Men du kan spise enhver ren vinget skapning.
- B1930
- Men alt flyvende som er rent, kan I ete.