Leviticus 11:19
“And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the stork,..... A bird of passage, Jer 8:7 it has its name from kindness, which it exercises both to its dam, and to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Leviticus 11:13-19
As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The stork - חסידה chasidah, from חסד chasad, which signifies to be abundant in kindness, or exuberant in acts of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Leviticus 11:9-19
Here is, 1. A general rule concerning fishes, which were clean and which not. All that had fins and scales they might…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the stork In the two lists, and Psa 104:17 (-the fir trees are her house"); Jer 8:7 (-knoweth her appointed times," i.e.…