- Bible
- Deuteronomy
- Chapter 14
- Verse 19
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,.... This was a different tithe from that which was made and given to the Levites, and out of which a tithe was taken and given to the priests, and…
Compare Lev. 11. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker. Deu 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the…
Moses here tells the people of Israel,
I. How God had dignified them, as a peculiar people, with three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual blessings in…
Cambridge Bible
all winged creeping things are unclean Lit. swarming things that fly, all winged insects. To this Lev 11:21 f. adds that go upon all foursand excepts from the rule such as have jointed legs above…