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Deuteronomy 14:17

Deuteronomy 14:17
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

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Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Deuteronomy 14:3-21

Compare Lev. 11. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Moses here tells the people of Israel,

I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

pelican ḳa-ath, LXX, πελεκάν. Tristram (108) suggests the roseate pelican, P. onocrotalus.

vulture raḥamah, Ar. rakhim,…