the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl,
Parallel translations
- WEB the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
- KJV And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
- BSB the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
- NASB the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,
- NLT the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,
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Quick answer
The pelican, vulture, and cormorant are forbidden. The list of unclean birds continues with water and carrion birds.
Overview
Moses names more birds, including scavengers and fish-eating water birds, as unclean for Israel. Their feeding habits placed them among the forbidden. These careful distinctions schooled God's people in holiness, a ceremonial pattern brought to its end in Christ.
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