56 LEVITICUS X1. 18. Ver!: a 8. the .Red- fhanke]fo the Greekctranfla- teth it here Porphyrirm,whicla is either that,or like th t whit h wee call the Red- fbanlu. Hierom tran- flatct h it,the Swan. Smile of the Hebrew Doítors, the Bat: which is more likely,becaufe the' Hebrew 7iull eme:1,, which here is a bird , after in verf.30. is the name alto of a creeping thing , called the M?!. Sol.la, chi faith , It it lilt a Mo;sfe, flieth in the night, and isfo called , becaufe it is like that creeping thing w7aich laeisth eyes, called Talpa (a Moll.) The Chal- dee here calleth it Cavtba s and in Dent. 14. 16. Botha. Pekcan] or,Shovelard: y fowl that dwel- leth in the wilderneß Pfal. toe. and in defolate places, Efay 34. a 1. Zeph. 2. 14., In Hebrew na- med Kssth, in Chaldee Katha , of Vomiting. So Ariflode and Plinie thew the nature Of the Pelecan, or Shovelard,that it vontiteth up fhel- fifhes,which it before devoured. And Chazkxni faith hereof, Raab the name dii fereth not from the ruflorne thereof; which is, to vomit up the meat. gier-eagle] or, Swmt,as the Greek here tranflateth it,but in Den. 14.17. the Greek is the Porphyrian. The Hebrew Rarharn, hath the fignification of dear -love, which it beareth to the yong, as Chazlouuni faith. The Chaldee tranflateth it Ierakreka, which implieth a ireenifb coolouredfowl, fuch aS the Greeks call Chlo- rlot, a Inure!. r9 V. t 9. Stork] in Hebrew Chafdab, which figni- flcth krednß, filch as the yong Storks are Paid to I thew unto their dams , whom they feed in their age: or, as Sol. Iambi here faith, becaufe it fhareth kindneßuntoherftl :cws, infiod. The Greek tranfla- I teth it diverfly. TheScripture noteth this bird for her wings and flying, Job 39.13.Zach.5.9. it is a fowl much like a Crane,white,but her wings partly black; the buildeth on high fire-trees,Ptàlt 104. 17. and upon tops of houfes, and chimnics i n cities,as all Germane knoweth.It keepeth much about waters, and feedeth on fifhes,fnakès,frogs, and the like. Therefore inTheffalia (as ?little re- porth) men might not kill them , upon pain of death, becaufe they devouredthe Serpents. The Storks depart out of the countrie towards the end of the fummer,no man knoweth whither,and come again at the Spring; whereupon the Pro- phet faith,The Storkin theheaven knowetb her appoin- I red times ,Ier.8.7. No man teeth them either going or comming,but when they :are come;& that is a figue that winter is pall. Of them. Plvse writeth, ' h.ß. b.10. 0.23. The Chaldee calleth her Chorra -. ritba, of her whitefeathers. So the LatinPoet; Cam Vert, whew; Candida vent avis langit irruifa rolubrir, Vir.Geor.2.that is,Wben in the rrfaeSprirg,the white fowl comes , Which unto Srakes os a moil batefull thng. the HerrnJ iu Greek, and the Heron, fo in Deut. 14..I 8. The Heron is in Hebrew Anaphah , fo na- med of anger :the Greek turned, it Charadrios : fo in Dent.14.1 S. The Chal dee tranflateth it Ibba, and Ajbtt; which name implieth rtvnitie. Chazhgsoi writeth, Anapba ; commonly called Heron , it 1s (ion an- gry : and Sol. Iarcbi faith, It is a friar. r fowl, and fee - moth moo me, to be that which thy call the Heron. Lapwing] fo alto the Greek tranflateth it : the Hebrew name is Duehipbarb,mentioned only here and inDeur. 14. 18. TheChaldee, Nagar tura the Cock, of the mountain. Bat] in Hebrew Atal- leph, in Chaldee Atalpha, in Greek Naúeris: it fli- ech in the night, and cannot behold "the day- light, but keepeth in holes; whereto theProphet ahudeth in Eloy 2.20. they than caft their Idols to the Molls, and to the Bats. Chazkuni faith,Atalleph is alittle bird that flieth in the night , and bath no ey es. Thus there be twentie feverall fowls named, as unclean ; to which if we adde thofe words, After his kind, four tines repeated there are 24. and fo many particular forts do the Hebrew Do- ors fay are forbidden. And whofoezer bath certain knowledge of theft fo kinds, and of their names, be may eat any r/ that is none dens , and he needmake no inqui- fitien. Who fo knoweth them rot, nor knoweth their names; muff make inquifnion, by the fignes which the ticilee men have ggiven. Every fowl that treaded, on the meat, and eater h, [as is the manner of ravenous fowls that tear theirprey,] it is evident that it is of thaf kinds and unclean : faith Maimony in treat. of Forbidden meats, c. 1. f. 15, 16. And, The fgnesaf heap , are fpoken of in the Law ; the fignes of owls are tot fpoken of: but our wife men have faid, Every fowl that treadeth (on his prey) is taulean : Talmud Bab. in Chalenn, c. 3. Thefe figured the ravenous, and unclean conditions of ungodly people : as Baby- lon is called, the cage of everyunclean and batefdl bird, Revel. 18.2. V, erl: 20. that flieth] or, of the flying-fowl; as the 20 Greek tranflateth, All creeping - things offowle: that is, all fawn's (or flying things) that creep. Under this prohibition, the Jews underfland alto, Flier,Bees, Hornets, Anta, and the like; asTbargum lonatban, and others here explain it. upon all four] or, four feet: which word is expreffed after, in veri 23. Ver.21. bath not legs] or as the Hebrew readeth 21 in the Margin, bath legs. Both Greek and Chal- dee do tranflate as in the Margin , bath legs: but becaufe the legs of the Locults following, are bowed backward, and they go not with them as other creatures , therefore after a fort, they haze not legs above their feet. Or'rather, becaufe the yong Locults are born without legs (as Plinie fhew- eth in ht}. b.n. c. 29.)and afterwards their legs do grow. So the Hebrew canons fay, Whatfoever bath not now wings or legs, but they wit /grow upon them after a time when they are bigger : they are lawful! (to be eaten) prefemly. Maimoty, treat. of Forbidden meats, c. 1. f. 23. Thus both readings were written by Mops: fee the like in Exodus 21. 8. The holy Ghoft fometinle lainly confirmeth there divers readings to be of God; as in s Chron. a,.20. * Lo,Not, is in the Margin to be read, Lo, To him, N5 and another Prophet, writing of the fame per - fon, !lath only Lo, To him, z Sant.23. f 8. Verf.2 z. common Loculi] or,Grafhopper; in He- brew Arbeh , fo named of their mu/tirade: fee the notes on Exod. 10.4i 5, 14. Such in the Eaftern countries are ufed for meat; fo lobnthe Baptifl fed on Loruflay Mat.3.4. and humane tirades tell, how Come in !Ethiopia ufed to eat then; faked and dri- ed in fmoke, Plinie,bifl.b.b.c.3 o, Loeuft- Soleam]` which i5 22 //4111M/.r/o ii nu
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