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John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 11:14
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the vulture, and the kite after his kind.] Perhaps it might be better if the version was inverted, and the words be read, “and the kite, and the vulture, after his kind”; and the last word is by us rendered the vulture in (<182807>Job 28:7) and very rightly, since the kite is not remarkable for its sight, any other than all rapacious creatures are, whereas the vulture is to a proverb; and besides, of the vulture there are two sorts, as Aristotle says f272 , the one lesser and whiter, the other larger and more of an ash colour; and there are some that are of the eagle kind f273, whereas there is but one sort of kites; though Ainsworth makes mention of two, the greater of a ruddy colour, common in England, and the lesser of a blacker colour, known in Germany, but produces no authority for it; however, these are both ravenous creatures: of the kite, Aelianus says f274, it is very rapacious, and will take meat out of the meat market, but not touch any sacrificed to Jupiter; the truth of which may well be questioned; and of vultures he reports f275, that they will watch a dying man, and follow armies going to battle, expecting prey; (see Gill on “<402428>Matthew 24:28”).
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