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13 These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, 14 the buzzard, the kite of any kind; 15 every raven of any kind; 16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the seagull, the hawk of any kind; 17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18 the water-hen, the desert-owl,[a] the carrion vulture, 19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:18 Or pelican
  2. Leviticus 11:19 Identification of several of the birds in verses 13–19 is uncertain

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