Leviticus 11

1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

And the Lord spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

3 You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

Whatsoever divideth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

4 But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

But these shall ye not eat, of those that chew the cud, or of those that divide the hoof: the camel; because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

5 And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.

And the cony; because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

6 And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.

And the hare; because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

7 And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.

And the swine; because he divideth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean unto you.

8 Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean unto you.

9 These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

These may ye eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye eat.

10 All other things living and moving in the water, in the sea or in the rivers, are a disgusting thing to you;

But all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of whatever moveth in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, shall be an abomination unto you:

11 They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

And an abomination shall they remain unto you; of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

12 Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.

Whatsoever hath not fins and scales in the waters, shall be an abomination unto you.

13 And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

And these shall ye have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,

14 And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;

And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;

15 Every raven, and birds of that sort;

Every raven after his kind:

16 And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind;

17 And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

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

18 And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

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

19 The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.

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

20 Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;

All flying insects that walk upon four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

21 But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

Yet these may ye eat, among all the flying insects that walk on four feet, which have spring-legs above their feet, to leap therewith upon the earth.

22 Such as all the different sorts of locust.

These of them may ye eat: The locust after its kind, and the sol'am after its kind, and the chargol after its kind, and the chagab after its kind.

23 But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.

But all flying insects, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you;

24 By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:

And through these shall ye be rendered unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening;

25 Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.

And whosoever beareth aught of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

26 Every beast, in the horn of whose foot there is not a complete division, and whose food does not come back, is unclean to you: anyone touching one of these will be unclean.

Every species of beast, which divideth the hoof and is not cloven-footed nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth the same shall be unclean.

27 Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.

And all that walk upon their paws, among all manner of beasts that walk on four feet, are unclean unto you; whosoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28 Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

And he that beareth their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: unclean shall they be unto you.

29 And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;

And these shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

30 And the ferret and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand-lizard and the chameleon.

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

31 All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

These shall be unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

32 The dead body of any of these, falling on anything, will make that thing unclean; if it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever it is, if it is used for any purpose, it will have to be put into water, and will be unclean till evening; after that it will be clean.

And every thing upon which any part of them, when they are dead, doth fall, shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith any work can be done, must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, when it shall be clean.

33 And if one of them gets into any vessel of earth, whatever is in the vessel will be unclean and the vessel will have to be broken.

And every earthen vessel whereinto any part of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and itself shall ye break.

34 Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.

All kinds of food which may be eaten, on which water cometh, shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk, shall be rendered unclean in every vessel.

35 Any part of the dead body of one of these, falling on anything, will make it unclean; if it is an oven or a cooking-pot it will have to be broken: they are unclean and will be unclean to you.

And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth, shall be unclean; an oven, or ranges for pots, shall be broken down, they are unclean; and unclean shall they be unto you.

36 But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.

Nevertheless, a fountain, or pit, receptacles for water, shall be clean; but he that toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

37 If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing-seed which hath been sown, it shall be clean.

38 But if water is put on the seed, and any part of the dead body gets on to it, it will be unclean to you.

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

39 And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.

And if any cattle die, which is allowed to you as food: he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

40 And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till 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 Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.

And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination, it shall not be eaten.

42 Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon four feet, down to whatsoever hath many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, shall ye not eat; for they are an abomination.

43 You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on 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 make yourselves unclean with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

For I am the Lord that have brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat 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 Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

To distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.