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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But these <i>are they</i> of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, and the black buzzard,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but these are the ones you may not eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier eagle, and the ospray;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But you must not eat from any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and these [are] they of which you do not eat: the eagle, and the bearded vulture, and the osprey,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and these are they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And this which ye shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall not eat those that are unclean: such as the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you shall not eat any of the following: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But these are the ones of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, and the raven after its kind,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these you will not eat of them: the eagle and the vulture,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these of them ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=4185" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/14.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>You may eat any clean bird, <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: wə·zeh (Conj-w:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">but these</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you may not</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eat:</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5404.htm" title="5404: han·ne·šer (Art:: N-ms) -- An eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle.">the eagle,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6538.htm" title="6538: wə·hap·pe·res (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture. From parac; a claw; also a kind of eagle.">the bearded vulture,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5822.htm" title="5822: wə·hā·‘ā·zə·nî·yāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- (a bird of prey) perhaps vulture. Probably feminine of oz; probably the sea-eagle.">the black vulture,</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Leviticus 11:13-19</a></span><br />Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, / the kite, any kind of falcon, / any kind of raven, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12-15</a></span><br />It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. / Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!” / “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2-3</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; / and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></span><br />But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm">Ezekiel 17:3-4</a></span><br />and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. / He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/39-27.htm">Job 39:27-30</a></span><br />Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? / He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. / From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">1 Kings 17:4-6</a></span><br />And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” / So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. / The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-5.htm">Psalm 103:5</a></span><br />who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1</a></span><br />Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a></span><br />Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-17.htm">Proverbs 30:17</a></span><br />As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-11.htm">Isaiah 46:11</a></span><br />I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Leviticus 11:13-19</a></b></br> And these <i>are they which</i> ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they <i>are</i> an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Bearded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-11.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Black</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Buzzard</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-18.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-11.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Ospray</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-18.htm">Osprey</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Ossifrage</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Sea-Eagle</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-18.htm">Vulture</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Bearded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-13.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-13.htm">Black</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-13.htm">Buzzard</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-17.htm">Eagle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-14.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Ospray</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-17.htm">Osprey</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Ossifrage</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Sea-Eagle</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-13.htm">Vulture</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-3.htm">What may and may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-4.htm">of animals</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-9.htm">of fishes</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-11.htm">of fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-21.htm">That which dies of itself may not be eaten</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-22.htm">Tithes of Divine Service</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">The third year's tithe of alms and charity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>but these you may not eat:</b><br>This phrase introduces a list of birds that are considered unclean according to the dietary laws given to the Israelites. These laws are part of the broader Mosaic Law, which was intended to set the Israelites apart as a holy people. The dietary restrictions can be seen as a means of promoting health, hygiene, and spiritual discipline. The distinction between clean and unclean animals is also found in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a>, emphasizing the importance of obedience to God's commands.<p><b>the eagle,</b><br>The eagle is a powerful bird of prey, often symbolizing strength and swiftness in the Bible. In the ancient Near East, eagles were associated with royalty and divinity, but here they are deemed unclean. This prohibition may be due to the eagle's diet, which includes carrion, making it unsuitable for consumption according to the purity laws. Eagles are mentioned in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a>, where they symbolize renewal and strength for those who trust in the Lord.<p><b>the bearded vulture,</b><br>The bearded vulture, also known as the lammergeier, is a large bird of prey that feeds primarily on bones and carrion. Its inclusion in the list of unclean birds highlights the prohibition against consuming scavengers, which were considered impure. The bearded vulture's diet and behavior would have been well-known to the Israelites, reinforcing the importance of maintaining ritual purity by avoiding such animals.<p><b>the black vulture,</b><br>The black vulture, like the bearded vulture, is a scavenger that feeds on dead animals. Its presence in the list underscores the broader biblical theme of avoiding death and decay, which are often associated with impurity. The cultural context of the time placed a strong emphasis on life and purity, and the dietary laws served as a constant reminder of the Israelites' covenant relationship with God. The prohibition against eating vultures aligns with the overall biblical narrative that calls for holiness and separation from practices that defile.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, Moses is delivering God's laws to the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. He serves as a mediator between God and the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving these dietary laws as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Israelites are on the brink of entering this land as they receive these instructions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_distinction.htm">Holiness and Distinction</a></b><br>The dietary laws were given to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation. As Christians, we are called to live distinct lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites were to obey these laws as a sign of their covenant relationship with God. Similarly, our obedience to God's Word is a reflection of our love and commitment to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">Understanding Fulfillment in Christ</a></b><br>While the dietary laws were specific to the Old Covenant, they point to a greater spiritual truth fulfilled in Christ, who makes all things clean and calls us to purity of heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_spiritual_identity.htm">Cultural and Spiritual Identity</a></b><br>The dietary laws helped shape the cultural and spiritual identity of the Israelites. As believers, our identity is rooted in Christ, and we are called to live in a way that reflects His character.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_bible_important.htm">What do vultures represent in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_a_good_name_worth_more_than_ointment.htm">What distinguishes clean from unclean animals in scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_vultures_symbolize_biblically.htm">What do vultures represent in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/which_animals_are_clean_or_unclean.htm">Which animals are considered clean or unclean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">These are they of which ye shall not eat.</span>--With one exception, the unclean birds are the same described in <a href="/context/leviticus/11-13.htm" title="And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,">Leviticus 11:13-19</a>.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">but these</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֶ֕ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you may not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eat:</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאכְל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the eagle,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5404.htm">Strong's 5404: </a> </span><span class="str2">The eagle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the vulture,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַפֶּ֖רֶס</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hap·pe·res)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6538.htm">Strong's 6538: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the black vulture,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָֽעָזְנִיָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ā·zə·nî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5822.htm">Strong's 5822: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a bird of prey) perhaps vulture</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">Deuteronomy 14:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/14-12.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 14:12 But these are they of which you (Deut. 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