Leviticus 11
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
2 “Speak to the Israelites: ‘These are the animals you may eat, among all the animals on the earth:
3 You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, split into two, and chews the cud.
4 But among those that chew the cud or have a divided hoof, you must not eat these: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof—it is unclean for you;
5 the hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof—it is unclean for you;
6 the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof—it is unclean for you;
7 and the pig, because it has a divided hoof, split into two, but does not chew the cud—it is unclean for you.
8 Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9 You may eat these, among all the creatures that live in the water: anything in the waters, seas, and rivers that has fins and scales.
10 But anything in the seas and rivers without fins and scales, among all the creatures that swarm in the water and all the living beings in the water, is detestable to you.
11 They will be detestable to you: do not eat their meat, and treat their carcasses as detestable.
12 Anything in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.’”
13 “‘These are the birds you must regard as detestable; they must not be eaten, for they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, and the black vulture;
14 the kite; the falcon of every kind;
15 every kind of raven;
16 the ostrich, the nightjar, and the gull; the hawk of every kind;
17 the little owl, the cormorant, and the great owl;
18 the white owl, the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture;
19 the stork; the heron of every kind; the hoopoe and the bat.
20 Every winged insect that walks on four legs is detestable to you.
21 But among all the winged insects that walk on four legs, you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet for leaping on the ground.
22 You may eat these: the locust of every kind, the bald locust of every kind, the cricket of every kind, and the grasshopper of every kind.
23 Every other winged insect with four legs is detestable to you.
24 You will become unclean through them: anyone who touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening.’”
25 “‘Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
26 Every animal that has a divided hoof but does not have it split in two, and does not chew the cud, is unclean for you; anyone who touches them will become unclean.
27 All the animals that walk on their paws, among those that walk on four legs, are unclean for you; anyone who touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening.
28 Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
29 Among the creatures that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, and the lizard of every kind;
30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
31 Among all the creatures that swarm, these are unclean for you; anyone who touches them after they die will be unclean until evening.
32 Anything on which one of them falls after it dies will become unclean: any wooden object, garment, leather, or sack, any tool used for work. It must be put in water; it will be unclean until evening, and then it will be clean.
33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything inside it will become unclean, and you must break the pot.
34 Any food that can be eaten, if water from that pot comes upon it, will become unclean; and any drink that can be drunk, in any such vessel, will become unclean.
35 Anything on which one of their carcasses falls will become unclean: an oven or stove must be torn down. They are unclean, and will be unclean for you.’”
36 “‘But a spring or a cistern where water collects will remain clean; whoever touches the carcass that falls into it will become unclean.
37 If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, the seed remains clean.
38 But if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 If one of the animals you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.
40 Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening; anyone who picks up its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41 Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
42 You must not eat anything that moves on its belly, anything that walks on four legs, or anything with many feet, among the creatures that move along the ground, because they are detestable.
43 Do not make yourselves detestable through any creature that swarms; do not make yourselves unclean through them, or you will become unclean.
44 For I am the LORD your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean through any creature that crawls on the ground.
45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; be holy, because I am holy.
46 This is the rule concerning animals, birds, every living being that moves in the waters, and every creature that moves along the ground.
47 It is to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’”
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