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and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
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A List with a Purpose
Commentators do not focus on identifying the specific birds in this verse, such as the ostrich or hawk. Instead, they see it as part of a larger list illustrating a key principle. These dietary laws were designed to distinguish Israel from their idolatrous neighbors and mark them as a people set apart for God.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(Compare to Leviticus 11.) The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Deuteronomy 14:12)
Moses tells the people of Israel how God had given them three distinguishing privileges, which were their honour, and figures of those spiritual bl…