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 children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat 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 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, 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 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.
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 cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
and the hyrax, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof is not divided—it [is] unclean to you;
6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.
and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof has not divided—it [is] unclean to you;
7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
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 hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, 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 whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination 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 have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.
Anything that does not have fins and scales in the waters—it [is] an abomination 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 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, and 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 larus, 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 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 waterhen, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,
19 The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth 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 whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth 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 That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their 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 of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you:
and every teeming thing which is flying, which has four feet—it [is] an abomination to you.
24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:
And you are made unclean by these; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the 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.
and anyone who is lifting up of their carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the 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.
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 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.
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 he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things 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 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 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 stello, 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. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the 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 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.
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 any of these shall fall, shall be defiled, and therefore 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 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.
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 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.
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 But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth 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 fall upon seed corn, 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 any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith 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 beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the 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 he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the 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 creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.
And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;
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.
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 defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be 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 because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.
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 brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.
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 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] 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 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what 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.”
