The bat Moses begins his catalogue of birds with the noblest, and ends it with the vilest, which is the bat, an animal of a dubious kind, between a bird and a mouse. It feeds on insects, as Dr. James observes, and so is improper food for the inhabitants of very warm climates.
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Leviticus 11:19
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.