“ And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; ”
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 ob...
First Prohibition. Animals, etc., not allowed for food. The test is, Is it cloven-footed, and does it chew the cud? For fishes, Has it fins and scales? No test of this nature can be given for birds...
vulture: or kite. kite . falcon.
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; The vulture - דאה daah, from the root to fly, and therefore more probably the kite or glede, from its remarkable property of gliding or sailing with expa...
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, These are they ... abomi...
(Leviticus 11-16) The Law of Clean and Unclean This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. Four main types of uncleanness are referred to, viz...
And the vulture. — Rather, the kite. Its name in the original ( dââh ), which literally denotes the swift, majestic and gliding flier, appropriately describes this bird, which sails with its ex...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS, AND DEFILEMENT BY DEAD BODIES Leviticus 11:1-47 WITH chapter 11 begins a new section of this book, extending to the end of chapter 15, of which the subject is the law...
41-47, the Distinction between Clean and Unclean Leviticus 11:1-23 There were good and sufficient reasons for excluding certain animals from Israel's dietary. Devout medical men insist that thi...
We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws...
One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the creeping things of the earth. The grand object evi...
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind. Perhaps it might be better if the version was inverted, and the words be read, "and the kite, and the vulture, after his kind"; and the last word is by...
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Ver. 14. And the vulture, and the kite. ] That feed upon carrion and dead carcasses, and are emblems of greedy gripers and oppressors.
The vulture and the kite Known birds of prey. Every raven All interpreters agree that the Hebrew word ערב, gnoreb , signifies raven , from gnereb, evening , on account of its colour. After hi...
ANIMALS ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR FOOD (vv. 1-8) Never since the flood has man been commanded to be a vegetarian. After the flood Noah was told, “every moving thing that lives shall be food for yo...
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and sca...
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Food: Permitted and Prohibited SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 11:2 .—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and...
Leviticus 11:2 . The beasts which ye shall eat. The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclea...
These are the beasts which ye shall eat. The clean and the unclean The Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was show...
PART III UNCLEANNESS , CEREMONIAL AND MORAL : ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God...
Of Animals of the Air
Leviticus 11:14