“ Every raven 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...
raven, or black birds of all kinds.
Every raven after his kind; Every raven - ערב oreb, a general term comprehending the raven, crow, rook, jackdaw, and magpie.
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 every raven. — The raven or the black bird ( Song of Solomon 5:11 ), the bird of the night, as its name denotes in Heb., like the eagle, occurs frequently in the Bible. It preys upon putrid cor...
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...
Every raven after his kind. The red raven, night raven, the water raven, river raven, wood raven, c. this also includes crows, rooks, pies, jays, and jackdaws, c. The raven was with the Heathens sa...
Every raven after his kind; Ver. 15. Every raven. ] Unnatural to his young, whom God himself heareth and feedeth, Psa 147:9 though they cry with a harsh note, and cry to God by implication only; a...
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...
i.e. According to the several kinds of birds, known by this general name, which includes, besides ravens properly so called, crows, rooks, pies, &c.
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
1 Kings 17:4 ; 1 Kings 17:6 ; Genesis 8:7 ; Luke 12:24 ; Proverbs 30:17
After his kind — According to the several kinds, known by this general name, which includes, besides ravens properly so called, crows, rooks, pyes, and others.