Leviticus 11

1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

Speak ye to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat of all beasts that are upon the earth.

3 You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.

4 But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

But of these ye shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

5 And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.

And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

6 And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.

And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.

7 And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.

And the swine, because this [animal] divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

8 Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall not touch their carcases; these are unclean to you.

9 These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

And these [are] what ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these ye shall eat.

10 All other things living and moving in the water, in the sea or in the rivers, are a disgusting thing to you;

And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.

11 They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcases.

12 Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.

And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination to you.

13 And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle.

14 And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it;

15 Every raven, and birds of that sort;

and the sparrow, and the owl, and the sea-mew, and the like to it:

16 And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like,

17 And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork,

18 And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

and the red-bill, and the pelican, and swan,

19 The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat.

20 Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you.

21 But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

But these ye shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.

22 Such as all the different sorts of locust.

And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.

23 But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.

Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.

24 By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:

And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.

25 Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.

And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening.

26 Every beast, in the horn of whose foot there is not a complete division, and whose food does not come back, is unclean to you: anyone touching one of these will be unclean.

And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.

27 Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.

And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.

28 Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you.

29 And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;

And these [are] unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,

30 And the ferret and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand-lizard and the chameleon.

the ferret, and the chameleon, and the evet, and the newt, and the mole.

31 All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

32 The dead body of any of these, falling on anything, will make that thing unclean; if it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever it is, if it is used for any purpose, it will have to be put into water, and will be unclean till evening; after that it will be clean.

And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and [then] it shall be clean.

33 And if one of them gets into any vessel of earth, whatever is in the vessel will be unclean and the vessel will have to be broken.

And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatsoever is inside it, shall be unclean, and it shall be broken.

34 Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.

And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come [from such a vessel], shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any [such] vessel, shall be unclean.

35 Any part of the dead body of one of these, falling on anything, will make it unclean; if it is an oven or a cooking-pot it will have to be broken: they are unclean and will be unclean to you.

And every thing on which there shall fall of their dead bodies shall be unclean; ovens and stands for jars shall be broken down: these are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.

36 But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.

Only [if the water be] of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean.

37 If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean.

38 But if water is put on the seed, and any part of the dead body gets on to it, it will be unclean to you.

But if water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to you.

39 And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.

And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

40 And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

And he that eats of their carcases shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcases shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.

41 Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.

And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.

42 Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.

And every [animal] that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four [feet] continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—ye shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.

43 You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.

And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.

44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.

For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.

45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and ye shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy.

46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;

47 Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.