Leviticus 11:19
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
In Context
18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
20All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
Cross References
Psalms 104:17where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
Zechariah 5:9Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
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 →