Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:14
11-20. Of all clean birds ye shall eat—(See on :-). read more
申命记 14:12-18 Cunpss
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:15
15. the cuckow—more probably the sea-gull. [See on :-]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:16
16. the swan—rather, the goose [MICHAELIS]. [See on :-]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:17
17. gier eagle—The Hebrew word Rachemah is manifestly identical with Rachamah, the name which the Arabs give to the common vulture of Western Asia and Egypt (Neophron percnopterus). [See on :-]. cormorant—rather, the plungeon; a seafowl. [See on :-]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:18
18. the lapwing—the upupa or hoop: a beautiful bird, but of the most unclean habits. [See on :-]. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 14:1-21
3. Laws arising from the third commandment 14:1-21The third commandment is, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Deuteronomy 5:11). This section of laws deals with the exclusiveness of the Lord and His worship as this pertains to Israel’s separation from all other nations. The theme of refraining from Canaanite practices continues in this chapter. However here it is not the obviously idolatrous practices but the more subtle ones associated with Canaanite religion that... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 14:3-21
The diet of the Canaanites also had connection with their religion. Perhaps some of what God forbade would have been unhealthful for the Israelites to eat (cf. Leviticus 11). [Note: See Jay D. Fawver and R. Larry Overstreet, "Moses and Preventive Medicine," Bibliotheca Sacra 147:587 (July-September):270-85.] However the main reason for the prohibitions seems to have been that certain animals did not conform to what the Israelites considered normal or typical. [Note: M. Douglas, Purity and... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 14:1-29
Disfigurings for Mourning Forbidden. Clean and Unclean Meats specified1. Practices connected with idolatry: see on Leviticus 19:27, Leviticus 19:28.2. The foundation of the entire moral and ceremonial law is contained in this and the preceding verse. Israel is the people whom Jehovah has chosen and called His children. As such they must be holy: see intro. to Leviticus 17-26.3-20. On the law of clean and unclean beasts, see Leviticus 1:1 and notes. 5. The pygarg is probably a kind of antelope.... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 14:12
(12) These are they of which ye shall not eat.—With one exception, the unclean birds are the same described in Leviticus 11:13-19. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 14:13
13. glede—thought to be the same as that rendered vulture ( see on :-). read more