Vulture

How Nave’s arranged it

• A carnivorous birdLeviticus 11:14Deuteronomy 14:13
• In R. V., translated "falcon,"Job 28:7
• And "kite,"Isaiah 34:15

The passages, in Bible order (4)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Leviticus 11:14

   the kite, any kind of falcon,

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 11:142 voices

   “In Egypt and perhaps in the adjoining countries also, the kite and vulture are often seen together flying in company, or busily pursuing their foul but important office of devouring the carrion and relics of putrefying flesh, which might otherwise pollute the atmosphere. after his kind--that is, the prohibition against eating it extended to the whole species.

   “And the vulture, and the kite after his kind.

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2. Deuteronomy 14:13

   the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:132 voices

   “The vulture after his kind - The word דאה daah is improperly translated vulture Lev 11:14, and means a kite or glede. The word דיה daiyah in this verse is not only different from that in Leviticus, but means also a different animal, properly enough translated vulture. See the note on Lev 11:14.

   “Of all clean fowls you may eat. [4.] They are further forbidden, First, To eat the flesh of any creature that died of itself, because the blood was not separated from it, and, besides the ceremonial uncleanness which it lay under (from Lev. xi. 39 ), it is not wholesome food, nor ordinarily used among us, except by the poor.

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3. Job 28:7

   No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

   ›Commentary on Job 28:72 voices

   “The pathway of the bird it knew not, nor beheld the eyes of the vulture. Therefore, what it was since we have heard, even that her stones are the place of sapphires, now let us hear next wherefore that People so beloved of God lost these great blessings. Who is denoted in this place by the title of 'the bird,' saving He, Who in ascending poised skywards the fleshly body, which He took to Him. Who furthermore is fitly designated by the title of the 'vulture' as well.

   “There is a path which no fowl knoweth,....

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4. Isaiah 34:15

   There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 34:152 voices

   Hence it is rightly said through the prophet, under the similitude of Judah, to the soul that sins and excuses itself, "There the urchin had her nest."

   “(Verses 8 and following) For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of retribution in the judgment of Zion. Its streams will be turned into pitch, and its soil into sulfur; its land will become burning pitch. Night and day it will not be extinguished; its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will pass through it forever. The pelican and the hedgehog will possess it, the owl and the raven will dwell in it.

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