Leviticus 11 · Verse 15

Leviticus 11:15

Every raven after his kind;
Leviticus 11:15, King James Version

Leviticus 11:15 in other translations

BSBany kind of raven,
WEBany kind of raven,
ASVevery raven after its kind,
YLTevery raven after its kind,
DARBYevery raven after its kind;
BBEEvery raven, and birds of that sort;
WebsterEvery raven after his kind;

What does Leviticus 11:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 11:13-19

13-19. these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls--All birds of prey are particularly ranked in the class unclean; all those which feed on flesh and carrion. No less than twenty species of birds, all probably then known, are mentioned under this category, and the inference follows that all which are not mentioned were allowed; that is, fowls which subsist on vegetable substances. From our…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Every raven - ערב oreb, a general term comprehending the raven, crow, rook, jackdaw, and magpie.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 11:15 in the original Hebrew

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אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
עֹרֵ֖ב'o.RevravenH6158
לְמִינֽוֹ\׃le.mi.Noto kind itsH4327

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 11:15

  • Luke 12:24

    Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

  • 1 Kings 17:4

    And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • 1 Kings 17:6

    And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

  • Genesis 8:7

    And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 8:7; 1Ki 17:4,6; Pr 30:17; Lu 12:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 11:14

    And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

  • Leviticus 11:15

    Every raven after his kind;

  • Leviticus 11:16

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

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Leviticus 11:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todo cuervo según su especie;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
tout corbeau, selon son espèce;
German
Elberfelder 1871
alle Raben nach ihrer Art,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et omne corvini generis in similitudinem suam,