Leviticus 11

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

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

“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

3 Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud amongst beasts, these you shall eat.

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4 But of these you 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.

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7 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.

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

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

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9 And these [are] what you 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 you shall eat.

Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 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.

But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

11 You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall abhor their carcases.

They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

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

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

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

Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

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

the kite, any kind of falcon,

15 and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant, and the like to it:

any kind of raven,

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

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

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

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

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

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

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

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

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

However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22 And these of them you 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.

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

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

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

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

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26 And whichever amongst 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.

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27 And every one amongst 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.

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

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

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

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

the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31 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.

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32 And on whatever 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.

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

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

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

34 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.

Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35 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.

Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

36 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.

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

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

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

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

but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 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.

If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40 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.

Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

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

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

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

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

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

Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

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

For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

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

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

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

This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

47 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.

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”