Leviticus 11:19
and the stork, and the parrot, after its kind,—and the mountain-cock and the bat.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 vomiting pelican and the little vulture;
20Every creeping thing that flieth, that goeth on all-fours, an abomination, it is unto you.
Cross References
Psalms 104:17Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house;
Zechariah 5:9Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, and lo! Two Women coming forward, with the wind in their wings, and, they, had wings, like the wings of the stork,—and bare up the ephah, between the earth and the heavens.
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 →