Leviticus 11

1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,

2 “Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This [is] the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which [are] on the earth:

3 any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.

any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.

4 However, if it either chews the cud, or has a divided hoof, then you may not eat it. These include: the camel, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.

'Only, this ye 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 not dividing — it [is] unclean to you;

5 The rock hyrax, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.

and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not — unclean it [is] to you;

6 The hare, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.

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

7 The pig, which though it has a divided hoof doesn't chew the cud, so it is unclean for you.

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

8 You are not to eat their meat or touch their bead bodies. They are unclean for you.

'Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come — unclean they [are] to you.

9 You are allowed to eat any creature with fins and scales that lives in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.

'This ye do eat of all which [are] in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

10 But you are not allowed to eat any of the many creatures that don't have fins and scales that live in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.

and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which [is] in the waters — an abomination they [are] to you;

11 They are repulsive. You must not eat their meat, and you must treat their dead bodies as repulsive.

yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.

12 All such water creatures that don't have fins and scales are to be repulsive to you.

'Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters — an abomination it [is] to you.

13 As for the birds, these must not be eaten because they are repulsive: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,

'And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they [are]: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

14 buzzard, kite and similar birds of prey,

and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

15 any raven or crow,

every raven after its kind,

16 tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk,

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

17 little owl, fish owl, eagle owl,

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

18 barn owl, desert owl, Egyptian vulture,

and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

19 storks and any kind of heron, hoopoe, and bats.

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

20 All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.

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

21 But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.

'Only — this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

22 So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.

these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

23 All other flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you,

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

24 and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

25 and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening.

and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: —

26 Every animal with hooves that are not divided, or that does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. If you touch any of them you will be unclean.

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

27 Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

'And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four — unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening;

28 and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening. They are unclean for you.

and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening — unclean they [are] to you.

29 The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizard,

'And this [is] to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

30 gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skinks, and chameleon.

and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;

31 These animals that run along the ground are unclean for you. If you touch a dead one of them you will be unclean until the evening.

these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.

32 Anything that one of them dies and lands on becomes unclean. Whatever it is—something made of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any work tool—it must be washed with water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.

'And anything on which any one of them falleth, 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 hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;

33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, all that's in it becomes unclean. You must smash the pot.

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

34 If water from that pot touches any food, that food becomes unclean, and any drink from a pot like that also becomes unclean.

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

35 Anything that one of their dead bodies falls on becomes unclean. If it's an oven or a stove, it must be smashed. It is permanently unclean for you.

and anything on which [any] of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they [are], yea, unclean they are to you.

36 On the other hand, if it's a spring or cistern containing water then it will remain clean, but if you touch one of these dead bodies in it you will be unclean.

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

37 Similarly, if one of their dead bodies falls on any seed used for sowing, the seed remains clean;

and when [any] of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown — it [is] clean;

38 but if the seed has been soaked in water and one of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you.

and when water is put on the seed, and [any] of its carcase hath fallen on it — unclean it [is] to you.

39 If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.

'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;

40 If you eat anything from the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening. If you pick up the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening.

and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening.

41 Every animal that crawls along the ground is repulsive—you must not eat it.

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

42 Don't eat any animal that crawls along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on four feet or many feet. All such animals are repulsive.

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

43 Don't defile yourselves by any such crawling animal. Don't make yourselves unclean or defiled by them,

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

44 because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.

'For I [am] Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

45 I am the Lord who led you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.

for I [am] Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy.

46 These are the regulations about animals, birds, everything that lives in the water, and all animals that crawl along the ground.

'This [is] a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

47 You must recognize the difference between unclean and clean, between those animals that can be eaten and those that can't.”

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