Leviticus 11:1-31
1The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘ aThese are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. 3‘Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. 4‘Nevertheless, byou are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you. 5‘Likewise, the ▼▼ A small, shy, furry animal (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and the region round the Dead Sea; KJV coney, orig NASB rock badger
shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; 6the ▼▼ Or hare
rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; 7and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. 8‘You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. 9‘ eThese you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10‘ fBut whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you, 11and they shall be ▼▼ Lit detestable things
abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest. 12‘Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is ▼▼ Lit detestable things
abhorrent to you. Avoid the Unclean
13‘These, moreover, iyou shall detest among the birds; they are ▼▼ Lit a detestable thing
abhorrent, not to be eaten: the ▼▼ Or vulture
eagle and the vulture and the ▼▼ Or black vulture
buzzard, 14and the kite and the falcon in its kind, 15every raven in its kind, 16and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind, 17and the little owl and the cormorant and the ▼▼ Specifically, great horned owl
great owl, 18and the white owl and the ▼▼ Or owl or jackdaw
pelican and the carrion vulture, 19and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 20‘All the ▼▼ Lit swarming things with wings
winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21‘Yet these you may eat among all the ▼▼ V 20, note 1
winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. 22‘These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. 23‘But all other ▼▼ V 20, note 1
winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you. 24‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, 25and rwhoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. 26‘Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean. 27‘Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, 28and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you. 29‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the ▼▼ Or thorn-tailed lizard
great lizard in its kinds, 30and the gecko, and the ▼▼ Or lizard
crocodile, and the lizard, and the ▼▼ Species as yet undefined
sand reptile, and the chameleon. 31‘These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
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