# All clean birds

An animal that God says is fit for his people to eat is spoken of as if the animal were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# eagle ... vulture ... osprey ... red kite ... black kite ... falcon

These are birds that are either awake at night or feed on small animals and dead animals. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/eagle]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kind]]