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16 the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl,[a] 17 the jackdaw,[b] the carrion vulture, the cormorant, 18 the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 14:16 tn The Hebrew term תִּנְשֶׁמֶת (tinshemet) may refer to a species of owl (cf. ASV “horned owl”; NASB, NIV, NLT “white owl”) or perhaps even to the swan (so KJV); cf. NRSV “water hen.”
  2. Deuteronomy 14:17 tn The Hebrew term קָאַת (qaʾat) may also refer to a type of owl (NAB, NIV, NRSV “desert owl”) or perhaps the pelican (so KJV, NASB, NLT).

16 the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl,(A) the osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

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