OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 14:15

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15

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,

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Verse 15. Ostrich. Hebrew “the daughter of the june.” The Rabbins say only the young ones were eaten. But this seems doubtful, with respect to many nations, which formerly served up ostriches at table. Heliogabalus presented some of these, as well as camel, to his guests, falsely asserting, ( Calmet.) that the Jews were commanded to eat them, præceptum Judæis ut ederent. Lamprid.

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