Leviticus 11

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

The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

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

“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

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

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4 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;

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7 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.

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

8 You do not eat of their flesh, and you do not come against their carcass—they [are] unclean to you.

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9 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;

Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 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;

But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

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

They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

12 Anything that does not have fins and scales in the waters—it [is] an abomination to you.

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

13 And these you detest of the bird—they are not eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the bearded vulture, and the osprey,

Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,

the kite, any kind of falcon,

15 every raven after its kind,

any kind of raven,

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

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

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

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18 and the waterhen, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

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

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

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

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

21 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;

However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22 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;

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

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

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

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

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26 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.

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27 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;

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29 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,

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

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

the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31 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.

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32 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;

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33 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.

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

34 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;

Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35 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.

Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

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

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

37 and when [any] of their carcass falls on any sown seed which is sown—it [is] clean;

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

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

but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 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;

If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40 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.

Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

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

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

42 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;

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

43 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.

Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

44 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;

For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

45 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.

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

46 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,

This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

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

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”