Deuteronomy 14:12
The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Immundas ne comedatis : aquilam scilicet, et gryphem, et haliæetum,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ταῦτα οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν· τὸν ἀετὸν καὶ τὸν γρύπα καὶ τὸν ἁλιάετον,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְזֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא תֹאכְל֖וּ מֵהֶ֑ם הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר וְהַפֶּ֖רֶס וְהָֽעָזְנִיָּֽה
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter XI. A Compendious View of the Christian Life
Further, He says: “Thou art not to eat a kite or swift-winged ravenous bird, or an eagle,” meaning: Thou shalt not come near men who gain their living by rapine. And other things also are exhibited figuratively.