Leviticus 11:19
And the stork, the heron after his kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Leeser Tanakh
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 pelican, and the gier-eagle,
20All flying insects that walk upon four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Cross References
Psalms 104:17Where the birds make their nests: the stork—fir-trees are her house.
Zechariah 5:9Then did I lift up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, having the wind in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah 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 →