Leviticus 11:17 (YLT)

Passage

and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:15 every raven after its kind,

Leviticus 11:16 and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

Leviticus 11:17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Leviticus 11:18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

Leviticus 11:19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "little", "cormorant", and "great". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "little" and "cormorant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "and the owl and the night-hawk and..." into verse 18's "and the swan and the pelican and...", so "little" and "cormorant" 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 "little" and "cormorant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.