Leviticus 11

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

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

2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of 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 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.

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

4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.

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 The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean to you.

6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he [is] unclean to you.

7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.

And the swine, though he divideth the hoof, and [is] cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.

8 The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because 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 are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you shall eat.

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 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination 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 And detestable: their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

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

12 All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.

Whatever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination to you.

13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey,

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 vulture, according to their kind,

And the vultur, and the kite after his kind;

15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

Every raven after his kind;

16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.

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

17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis,

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

18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,

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

19 The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.

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

20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.

All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination to you.

21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,

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 That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind.

[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 of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you:

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

24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:

And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.

25 And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.

And whoever beareth [aught] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.

[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 That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until 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 And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.

And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they [are] unclean to you.

29 These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

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 The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stello, and the lizard, and the mole:

And the ferret and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.

31 All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the 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 And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths; or any thing in which work is done, they shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards shall 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 But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall, shall be defiled, and therefore is 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 meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel, shall 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 And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean: whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.

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 fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.

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 it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.

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 any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.

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 If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the 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 that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the 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 All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.

And every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

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 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,

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: be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon 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 brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

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 You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth 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 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.

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.