Leviticus 11

1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them.

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 to the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye may eat among all the beasts that [are] on 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.

Whatever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye 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.

Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean to you.

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

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [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 he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he [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, though he divideth the hoof, and [is] cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [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.

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they [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.

These shall ye eat, of all that [are] in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye 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 that have not fins nor scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living animal which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination to you:

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

They shall be even an abomination to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination.

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

Whatever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] 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 they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

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

And the vultur, and the kite after his kind;

15 Every raven, and birds of that sort;

Every raven after his kind;

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

And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

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

And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

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

And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle,

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

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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

All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination 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;

Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth;

22 Such as all the different sorts of locust.

[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

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

But all [other] flying creeping animals, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination to you.

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

And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until 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 whoever beareth [aught] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 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.

[The carcasses] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean to you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

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 whatever goeth upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean to you: whoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the 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 beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they [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;

These also [shall be] unclean to you among the creeping animals that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise, after its kind,

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

And the ferret and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, 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 among all that creep: whoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the 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 upon whatever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it is] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel [it is], in which [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed.

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 [any] of them falleth, whatever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

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.

Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drank in every [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 [any part] of their carcass falleth, shall be unclean; [whether] an oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and 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.

Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, [in which there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass 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 [any part] of their carcass shall fall upon any sowing-seed which is to 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 [any] water shall be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcass shall fall on it, it [shall be] 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 any beast, of which ye may eat, shall die; he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the 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 eateth of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; he also that beareth its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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

And every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; 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.

Whatever goeth upon the belly, and whatever goeth upon [all] four, or whatever hath more feet among all creeping animals that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.

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.

Ye shall not make your selves abominable with any creeping animal that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled 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: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping animal that creepeth 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 that bringeth you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [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 of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon 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 make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.