Leviticus 11

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, ² “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

³ “‘Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. ⁴ Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. ⁵ The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. ⁶ The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. ⁷ The pig, because it has a split hoof and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. ⁸ Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.

⁹ “‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat. ¹⁰ All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, are an abomination to you, ¹¹ and they shall be an abomination to you. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall have their carcasses in abomination. ¹² Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.

¹³ “‘These you shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten. They are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, ¹⁴ the red kite, any kind of black kite, ¹⁵ any kind of raven, ¹⁶ the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, ¹⁷ the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, ¹⁸ the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, ¹⁹ the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

²⁰ “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. ²¹ Yet these you may eat of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. ²² Even these of them you may eat: the locust after its kind, the katydid after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. ²³ But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.

²⁴ “‘By these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. ²⁵ Whoever carries part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. ²⁶ Every animal which parts the hoof, and isn’t cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. ²⁷ Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. ²⁸ He 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 among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the mouse, any kind of large lizard, ³⁰ the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. ³¹ These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. ³² Anything on which any of them falls 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 shall be clean.

³³ “‘Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. ³⁴ All food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. ³⁵ Everything on which 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. ³⁶ Nevertheless a spring, or a cistern, in which water is gathered, shall be clean; but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ³⁷ If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. ³⁸ But 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. ⁴⁰ He 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. ⁴² Whatever 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. ⁴³ You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. ⁴⁴ For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. ⁴⁵ For I am Yahweh 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, ⁴⁷ to 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.’”