Leviticus 11
1AGAIN the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel, and say, Among all the beasts which are on the earth, these are the beasts which you may eat.
3Every beast having a double hoof, its hoof parted into two distinct hoofs, and bringing up the cud, these among the beasts you may eat.
4But of these you shall not eat—of those which chew the cud, and of those which have parted hoofs—the camel, though it cheweth the cud; yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you,
5the rock badger, though it cheweth the cud, yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;
6and the hare, though it cheweth the cud, yet because it hath not a parted hoof, it is unclean to you;
7and the swine, though it hath a parted hoof, yet because it doth not chew the cud, it is unclean to you.
8Of the flesh of these you shall not eat; nor shall you touch their dead carcasses. They are unclean to you.
9And these are what you may eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales, in the waters or in the seas, or in the brooks, these you may eat;
10but all that have not fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, of all the multitudes which the waters produce, and of all the living creatures in the waters, are an abomination, and shall be an abomination to you.
11Of their flesh you shall not eat; and their dead carcasses you shall abominate.
12All in the waters which have not fins and scales are an abomination to you.
13And among the birds, these are what you must abominate, and which shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, and the osprey, and the sea-eagle,
14and the vulture, and the kite and all of its kind, and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull and all of its kind, and crows of all sorts and their kind, and the hawk and all its kind, and the night raven, and the cormorant and the ibis, and the flamingo, and the pelican, and the swan, and the heron, and the plover and all of its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20Also all the flying reptiles* which walk on four feet are abominations to you:
21but of the winged reptiles which walk on four feet, you may eat those which have legs above their feet to hop with them on the ground.
22These of them in particular you may eat: the palmer worm and its species, and the attacus and all its species, and the serpent-fighter and all its species, and the grasshopper and all its species.
23Every flying reptile which hath four feet is an abomination to you. With them you must not defile yourselves.
25Whosoever toucheth their dead carcasses shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carrieth any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening.
26And among all the beasts whatever hath a hoof parted in two—a hoof divided into two hoofs, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean to you. And whoever toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.
27And every beast which walketh on paws among all the beasts which walk on four feet, is unclean to you.
28Whoever toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening. And he who carrieth any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. These are unclean to you.
29And of the reptiles which are on the earth, these are unclean to you—the weasel, and the mouse,
30and the tortoise, and the shrew, and the chamelion, and the spider, and the lizard, and the mole.
31These are unclean to you above all the reptiles which are on the earth. Whoever toucheth them when dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
32And upon whatsoever any of them, when dead, shall fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or a sack, every utensil in which any work is done shall be plunged in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Then it shall be clean.
33And if any of them fall into a vessel made of clay, all that is in it shall be unclean, and it shall be broken;
34and every kind of meat which is eatable, upon which water out of it shall come, shall be unclean; and every kind of drink which may be drunk in every such earthen vessel shall be unclean.
35And everything upon which any of their dead carcasses may fall shall be unclean. Ovens, and stands for pots, shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
36But fountains of water, and a lake, or collection of water, shall be clean. And he who toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean.
37If any of their carcasses fall on seed which is to be sown it shall be clean.
38But if water hath been poured on any kind of grain, and any of their carcasses fall upon it, it shall be unclean to you.
39Now if any of those beasts which you may lawfully eat should happen to die, he who toucheth their dead carcasses shall be unclean until evening.
40And he who eateth of their carcasses shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. And he who carrieth any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.
41Moreover every creeping thing which creepeth on the earth shall be an abomination to you. It shall not be eaten.
42Whether it runneth on its belly, or goeth continually on four, whatever among the reptiles, which creep on the earth, hath many feet, this you shall not eat; for it is an abomination to you;
43and you should not pollute yourselves with any of the reptiles which creep on the earth. You indeed are not to pollute yourselves with them, nor be made unclean by them.
44Because I am the Lord your God, therefore you must hallow yourselves, and be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy. And you must not defile yourselves with any of the reptiles, which creep on the earth,
45because I am the Lord who brought you up out of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, because I, the Lord am holy.
46This is the law respecting beasts, and fowls, and every living creature which moveth in the water, and every living creature which creepeth on the earth,
47to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the viviparous animals which may be eaten, and the viviparous which are not to be eaten.