KJV King James Version
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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Leviticus 11:19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
WEB World English Bible
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
ASV American Standard Version
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 11
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
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