Leviticus 11:2-47

2Speak to the people of Israel, saying, aThese are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 4Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 5And the brock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 6And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 7And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, cis unclean to you. 8You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

9“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is ddetestable to you. 11You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

13“And these you shall detest among the birds;
Or things that fly; compare Genesis 1:20
they shall not be eaten; they are fdetestable: gthe eagle,
The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
14the kite, ithe falcon of any kind, 15every raven of any kind, 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the jhawk of any kind, 17the klittle owl, the cormorant, the lshort-eared owl, 18the barn owl, the mtawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and nthe bat.

20All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. 22Of them you may eat: othe locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

24“And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 25and whoever carries any part of their carcass pshall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 26Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 28and he who carries their carcass qshall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

29“And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, rthe mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. sIt must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you tshall break it. 34Any food in it that could be eaten, on which water comes, shall be unclean. And all drink that could be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean. 35And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean and shall remain unclean for you. 36Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean. 37And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean, 38but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

39“And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 40and uwhoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

41 vEvery swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten. 42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable. 43 wYou shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, and become unclean through them. 44For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and xbe holy, for I am holy. yYou shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. 45 zFor I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. aaYou shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

46This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground, 47 abto make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.

Deuteronomy 14:3-21

3 ac“You shall not eat any abomination. 4 adThese are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex,
Or addax
the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
6Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 7Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the afrock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you. 8And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and agtheir carcasses you shall not touch.

9Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. 10And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11“You may eat all clean birds. 12But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle,
The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
13the kite, the falcon of any kind; 14every raven of any kind; 15the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; 16the little owl and the short-eared owl, the barn owl 17and the tawny owl, the carrion vulture and the cormorant, 18the stork, the heron of any kind; the hoopoe and the bat. 19And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. 20All clean winged things you may eat.

21 ai“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For ajyou are a people holy to the Lord your God.

ak“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Ezekiel 4:14

14Then I said, alAh, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.
Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean
anFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten aowhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has aptainted meat come into my mouth.”

Acts 10:13-15

13And there came a voice to him: Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; aqfor I have never eaten anything that is arcommon or asunclean.” 15And the voice came to him again a second time, atWhat God has made clean, do not call common.”

Colossians 2:16

Let No One Disqualify You

16Therefore let no one aupass judgment on you avin questions of food and drink, or with regard to awa festival or axa new moon or a Sabbath.

Hebrews 13:9

9Do not be ayled away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, aznot by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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