Leviticus 11

Leviticus 11

1The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them ,

2“Speak to the children of Israel , saying , ‘These are the living things which you may eat amongst all the animals that are on the earth.

3Whatever parts the hoof , and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud amongst the animals, that you may eat.

4“‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud , or of those who part the hoof : the camel , because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof , is unclean to you .

5The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof , is unclean to you .[#11:5 or rock badger, or cony]

6The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof , is unclean to you .

7The pig , because it has a split hoof , and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud , is unclean to you .

8You shall not eat their meat . You shall not touch their carcasses . They are unclean to you .

9“‘You may eat of all these that are in the waters : whatever has fins and scales in the waters , in the seas , and in the rivers , that you may eat.

10All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers , all that move in the waters , and all the living creatures that are in the waters , they are an abomination to you ,

11and you shall detest them . You shall not eat of their meat , and you shall detest their carcasses .

12Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters is an abomination to you .

13“‘You shall detest these amongst the birds ; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination : the eagle , the vulture , the black vulture ,

14the red kite , any kind of black kite ,

15any kind of raven ,

16the horned owl , the screech owl , the gull , any kind of hawk ,

17the little owl , the cormorant , the great owl ,

18the white owl , the desert owl , the osprey,

19the stork , any kind of heron, the hoopoe , and the bat .

20“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you .

21Yet you may eat these : of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long , jointed legs for hopping on the earth.

22Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust , any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket , and any kind of grasshopper .

23But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you .

24“‘By these you will become unclean : whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening .

25Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening .

26“‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided , or doesn’t chew the cud , is unclean to you . Everyone who touches them shall be unclean .

27Whatever goes on its paws , amongst all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you . Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening .

28He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening . They are unclean to you .

29“‘These are they which are unclean to you amongst the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel , the rat, any kind of great lizard ,

30the gecko, and the monitor lizard , the wall lizard , the skink, and the chameleon .

31These are they which are unclean to you amongst all that creep . Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening .

32Anything they fall on when they are dead shall be unclean ; whether it is any vessel of wood , or clothing , or skin , or sack , whatever vessel it is , with which any work is done , it must be put into water , and it shall be unclean until the evening . Then it will be clean .

33Every earthen vessel into which any of them falls and all that is in it shall be unclean . You shall break it .

34All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean . All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean .

35Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean ; whether oven , or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean , and shall be unclean to you .

36Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean , but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean .

37If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown , it is clean .

38But if water is put on the seed , and part of their carcass falls on it , it is unclean to you .

39“‘If any animal of which you may eat dies , he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening .

40He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening . He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening .

41“‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination . It shall not be eaten.

42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet , even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination .

43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them , that you should be defiled by them .

44For I am the LORD your God . Sanctify yourselves therefore , and be holy ; for I am holy . You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt , to be your God . You shall therefore be holy , for I am holy .

46“‘This is the law of the animal , and of the bird , and of every living creature that moves in the waters , and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean , and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.’”

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