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Raven

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: R By: James P. Boyd

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(seizer). An unclean bird of the crow (corvus) family. Translation much disputed (Lev. 11:15¹⁵Every raven after his kind; (Leviticus 11:15); 1 Kings 17:6⁶And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. (1 Kings 17:6); Song of Sol. 5:11¹¹His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. (Song of Solomon 5:11)).

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