The Church Fathers on this verse

Leviticus 11:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis.

Douay-Rheims

וְאֶת־הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

Moses refers to scavenging birds as unclean, as they feast on carrion and thrive in darkness, illustrating for us the importance of rejecting greed, repulsing the foulness of sin, and despising the shadows.