the red kite, the falcon, the kite after its kind,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
- BSB the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,
- NKJV the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds;
- NASB and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds,
- NLT the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds,
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Quick answer
The red kite, falcon, and kite are also forbidden. Birds of prey continue to head the unclean list.
Overview
Moses adds more raptors to the catalog of birds Israel must not eat. As with the others, these are predatory and carrion-feeding birds set apart as unclean. The list maintained the careful boundaries that distinguished Israel's diet, a ceremonial pattern fulfilled in the gospel.
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