Leviticus 11:2-47 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.… A melancholy bird. Flies about at night. Children afraid of it. Owl typifies all moping, morose, melancholy people, who have no sunshine in their soul. 1. No Christian should belong to this genus. Inconsistent. 2. The Bible everywhere represents religion as a thing of joy. 3. This joy is entirely independent of worldly conditions. (A. F. Forrest.) Parallel Verses KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. |
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