OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 11:19

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the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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Verse 19. Heron, or “stork,” noted for the same quality: chasida, means “piety.”—Charadrion, a kind of heron, ( Calmet.) mentioned by Aristot. 8:3. It is found in deep holes and rocks. Menochius.—Some translate parrot, peacock, kite, and so forth Anapha, may denote a bird easily vexed. Calmet.—Houp, or lapwing. Bible.—Bat. Strabo (xvii) speaks of some very large, which were salted and eaten at Borsippe.

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