Leviticus 11:13 (DRB)

Passage

Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:11 And detestable. Their flesh you shall not eat: and their carcasses you shall avoid.

Leviticus 11:12 All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.

Leviticus 11:13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.

Leviticus 11:14 And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind.

Leviticus 11:15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "birds", "must", "avoided", "eagle", "griffon", and "osprey". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "birds" and "must", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "All that have not fins and scales..." into verse 14's "And the kite and the vulture according...", so "birds" and "must" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "birds" and "must" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.