Leviticus 11

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

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 Say to the sons of Israel: These are the animals that you ought to eat out of all the living things of the earth.

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

3 All that has a divided hoof, and that chews over again, among the cattle, you shall eat.

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.

4 But whatever certainly chews over again, but has a hoof that is not divided, such as the camel and others, these you shall not eat, and you shall consider them to be among what is unclean.

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.

5 The rock rabbit which chews over again, and whose hoof is not divided, is unclean,

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

6 and so also is the hare, for it too chews over again, yet its hoof is not divided,

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

7 and also the swine, which, though its hoof is divided, does not chew over again.

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

8 The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.

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

9 These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that has little fins and scales, as much in the sea, as in the rivers and ponds, you shall eat.

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.

10 But whatever does not have fins and scales, of those things that live and move in the waters, shall be abominable to you,

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

11 and detestable; their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

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

12 All that does not have fins and scales in the waters shall be polluted.

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

13 These are those things among the birds which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey,

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;

14 and the kite, as well as the vulture, according to their kind,

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

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

Every raven, and birds of that sort;

16 the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to its kind,

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

17 the owl, and the sea bird, and the ibis,

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

18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the marsh hen,

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

19 the heron, and the plover according to its kind, the crested hoopoe, and also the bat.

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

20 Of all that flies, whatever steps upon four feet shall be abominable to you.

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

21 But whatever certainly walks upon four feet, and also has longer legs behind, with which it hops upon the earth,

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

22 you shall eat, such as the beetle in its kind, and the cricket, and grasshopper, and the locust, each one according to its kind.

Such as all the different sorts of locust.

23 But among flying things, whatever has only four feet shall be detestable to you.

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

24 And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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

25 And if it will be necessary to carry any of these dead things, he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until the sun sets.

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

26 Every animal that certainly has a hoof, but which is not divided, nor does it chew over again, shall be unclean. And whoever will have touched it shall be contaminated.

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.

27 Whatever walks upon its hands, out of all the animals that advance on all fours, shall be unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be polluted until evening.

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.

28 And whoever will have carried this kind of carcass shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening. For all these are unclean to you.

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

29 Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind,

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;

30 the shrew, and the chameleon, and the gecko, and the lizard, and the mole.

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

31 All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.

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

32 And anything upon which something from their carcasses will have fallen shall be defiled, whether it is a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins, or haircloths, or anything by which work is done. These shall be dipped in water and shall be defiled until evening, but then afterwards these shall be clean.

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.

33 But an earthen vessel, into which something from these will fall, shall be defiled; and therefore it is to be broken.

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.

34 Any of the foods that you eat, if water from such a vessel will have been poured upon it, it shall be unclean. And every liquid which one may drink from such a vessel shall be unclean.

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.

35 And if anything from among these kinds of dead things has fallen upon it, it shall be unclean, whether it be an oven, or a pot with feet, these shall be unclean and shall be destroyed.

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.

36 Yet truly, fountains and cisterns, and all reservoirs of water shall be clean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled.

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.

37 If it falls upon seed grain, it shall not defile it.

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

38 But if anyone has poured water upon the seed grain, and afterwards it was touched by the carcasses, it shall be immediately defiled.

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.

39 If any animals will have died, from which it is lawful for you to eat, whoever will have touched its carcass shall be unclean until evening.

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.

40 And whoever will have eaten or carried anything of these shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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.

41 All that creeps across the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken up as food.

Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.

42 Whatever advances by four feet upon the chest, or that has many feet, or that drags across the soil, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

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.

43 Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.

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.

44 For I am the Lord your God. Be holy, for I am Holy. Do not pollute your souls with any creeping thing, which moves across the land.

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.

45 For I am the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I would be your God; you shall be holy, for I am Holy.

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.

46 This is the law of animals and flying things, and of every living soul that moves in the waters or creeps upon the land,

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:

47 so that you may know the difference between clean and unclean, and so that you may know what you ought to eat, and what you ought to refuse.

Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.