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Summary
- Ducks are not mentioned in the Bible. The Leviticus 11:13-19 bird list neither permits nor forbids them; domestic waterfowl belonged more to Egypt than to the hill country.
- The quail does the work a duck might. Exodus 16:13 has it as pure provision alongside the manna.
- Numbers 11:31-34 has it as an answer to complaint, followed by a plague at Kibroth Hattaavah — the graves of craving. They got exactly what they asked for.
- Scripture supplies no dream key (Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:27-28). What birds do carry: provision (Matthew 6:26), being noticed (Matthew 10:29), and news (Genesis 8:11).
- The associations ducks carry — water, family, calm surfaces, unseen effort — are ours rather than Scripture’s, which is worth knowing when weighing a dream.
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Sources: Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Leviticus 11:13-19; Exodus 16:13; Numbers 11:31, 33-34; Matthew 6:26; 10:29; Genesis 8:11; 40:8; Daniel 2:27-28). Egyptian duck and goose keeping is attested in tomb painting and is standard in reference works on the ancient Near East.
