Leviticus 11:19
and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
In Context
18and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture;
20All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.
Cross References
Psalms 104:17Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
Zechariah 5:9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the measure 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 →