Leviticus 11:16
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 after its kinds;
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-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
Isaiah 13:21But wild-cats shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of ferrets; and ostriches shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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 →