Leviticus 11

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

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat 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 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, 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 whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the 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 cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

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

6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.

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

7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.

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 hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, 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 whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination 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 have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.

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

13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, 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, and 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 larus, 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 screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis,

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

18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,

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

19 The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.

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

20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.

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

21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth 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 That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind.

Such as all the different sorts of locust.

23 But of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you:

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

24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:

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

25 And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.

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

26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.

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 That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled 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 he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things 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 These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their 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 stello, 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. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.

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

32 And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths; or any thing in which work is done, they shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards 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 any of these shall fall, shall be defiled, and therefore 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 meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such 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 upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean: whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.

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 But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth 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 fall upon seed corn, 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 any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith 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 beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the 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 he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the 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 creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.

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

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, 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 defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be 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 because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.

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 brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

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 You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:

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 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.

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