Leviticus 11:19
The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
In Context
18And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,
20Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.
Cross References
Psalms 104:17there the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
Zechariah 5:9And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.
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 →