Bat in Biblical History

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What is a Bat?
BAT
Lev 11:19. An unclean beast whose resting-places are caves, old ruins, and filthy and desolate places. Hence the allusion Isa 2:20. It has no resemblance to a bird except that it can fly, but the organs it uses for this purpose are altogether different from those of a bird.

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