Heron
UNCLEAN
Named among the forbidden birds (Lev 11:13-19)
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 2 verses (KJV)
Bird
Description
The heron is grouped with the stork among the unclean water birds, listed without much further detail. It was one more wading bird excluded from Israel’s diet along with its relatives.
Key verses
“And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.”
Leviticus 11:19
All 2 referencesshow
- Deuteronomy 14:18
- Leviticus 11:19