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Deuteronomy 14:19

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 14:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy 14:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
17and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
18and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20Of all clean birds ye may eat.
21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother`s milk.
22Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth from the field year by year.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean, etc.] Which the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases; “all flies and wasps (or hornets), and worms of lentiles and of beans, which are separated from food, and fly as birds, they are unclean;” (See Gill on “<031120>Leviticus 11:20-21”).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Compare Leviticus 11:0. The variations here, whether omissions or additions, are probably to be explained by the time and circumstances of the speaker. Deuteronomy 14:5 The “pygarg” is a species of gazelle, and the “wild ox” and “chamois” are swift types of antelope. Deuteronomy 14:21 The prohibition is repeated from Leviticus 22:8. The directions as to the disposal of the carcass are unique to Deuteronomy, and their motive is clear. To have forbidden the people either themselves to eat that which had died, or to allow any others to do so, would have involved loss of property, and consequent temptation to an infraction of the command. The permissions now for the first time granted would have…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“14:19-20 winged insects: Cp. Lev 11:20-23.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Lev 11:20-23; Phi 3:19 Deuteronomy 14:21”
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