Leviticus 11

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them:

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on 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 parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye 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 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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 And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

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

6 And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

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

7 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

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

8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto 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 may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye 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 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto 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 they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation.

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

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

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

13 And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

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 falcon after its kinds;

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

15 every raven after its kinds;

Every raven, and birds of that sort;

16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;

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

17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;

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

18 and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture;

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

19 and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

20 All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.

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

21 Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap 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 even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.

Such as all the different sorts of locust.

23 But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.

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

24 And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.

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

25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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 which parteth the hoof, but is not cloven footed, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

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 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you; whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.

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 beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; they are unclean unto you.

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

29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds,

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 and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.

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

31 These are they which are unclean to you among all that swarm; whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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

32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it 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 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

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 All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink in every such vessel that may be drunk 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 every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

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 Nevertheless a fountain or a cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean; but he who toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

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 And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

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

38 But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

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 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die, he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

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 of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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 And every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten.

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 belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all swarming things that swarm upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are a detestable thing.

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 Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming 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 that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore 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 the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that swarmeth upon 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 to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

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