Leviticus 11

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

And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

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.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This [is] the beast which you eat out of all the beasts which [are] on the earth:

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

any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.

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.

Only, this you do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof: the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof is not dividing—it [is] unclean to you;

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

and the hyrax, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof is not divided—it [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, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof has not divided—it [is] unclean to you;

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

and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet it does not bring up the cud—it [is] unclean to you.

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

You do not eat of their flesh, and you do not come against their carcass—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.

This you eat of all which [are] in the waters: anything that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them you eat;

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

and anything that does not have fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which lives, which [is] in the waters—they [are] an abomination to you;

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

indeed, they are an abomination to you; you do not eat of their flesh, and you detest their carcass.

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

Anything that does not have fins and scales in the waters—it [is] an abomination 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 these you detest of the bird—they are not eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the bearded vulture, and the osprey,

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

and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

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

every raven after its kind,

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

and the ostrich, and the nightjar [[or male ostrich]], and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

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 waterhen, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,

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

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four [legs]—it [is] an abomination to you.

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

Only, this you eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which has legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

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.

these of them you eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

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

and every teeming thing which is flying, which has four feet—it [is] an abomination to you.

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

And you are made unclean by these; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the 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.

and anyone who is lifting up of their carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the 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.

even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and is not bringing up the cud—they [are] unclean to you; anyone who is coming against them is 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.

And anything going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four—they [are] unclean to you; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the 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.

and he who is lifting up their carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening—they [are] unclean to you.

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 this [is] the unclean to you among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the muroid, and the tortoise [[or large lizard]] after its kind,

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

and the gecko [[or ferret]], and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;

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

these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; anyone who is coming against them in their death is unclean until the 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.

And anything on which anyone of them falls, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and has been unclean until the evening, then it has been clean;

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

and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which [any] one of them falls, all that [is] in its midst is unclean, and you break it.

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.

Of all the food which is eaten, that on which comes [such] water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any [such] vessel is 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.

and anything on which [any] of their carcass falls is unclean; oven or double pots, it is broken down, they [are] unclean, indeed, they are 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.

Only, a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcass is unclean;

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

and when [any] of their carcass falls on any sown seed which is sown—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.

and when water is put on the seed, and [any] of its carcass has fallen on it—it [is] 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 when any of the beasts which are for food for you dies, he who is coming against its carcass is unclean until the 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 is eating of its carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening.

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

And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;

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.

anything going on the belly, and any going on four, to every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth—you do not eat them, for they [are] an abomination;

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

you do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do you make yourselves unclean with them, so that you have been unclean with them.

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] your God YHWH, and you have sanctified yourselves, and you have been holy, for I [am] holy; and you do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping 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] YHWH who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and you have been 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] a law of the beasts, and of the bird, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming 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.

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.”