Leviticus 11:16
And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
In Context
15Every raven, and birds of that sort;
17And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:15And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;
Isaiah 13:21But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.
John 3:19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Ephesians 4:18Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
Philippians 3:18For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
Revelation 18:2And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:10-20
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 scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the… Read the whole commentary →