Leviticus 11

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

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

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 sons of Israel: These are the animals that you ought to eat out of all the living things of the earth.

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

All that has a divided hoof, and that chews over again, among the cattle, you shall eat.

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 whatever certainly chews over again, but has a hoof that is not divided, such as the camel and others, these you shall not eat, and you shall consider them to be among what is unclean.

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

The rock rabbit which chews over again, and whose hoof is not divided, is unclean,

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

and so also is the hare, for it too chews over again, yet its hoof is not divided,

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 also the swine, which, though its hoof is divided, does not chew over again.

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

The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to 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;

These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that has little fins and scales, as much in the sea, as in the rivers and ponds, you shall eat.

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 whatever does not have fins and scales, of those things that live and move in the waters, shall be abominable to you,

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

and detestable; their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

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

All that does not have fins and scales in the waters shall be polluted.

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,

These are those things among the birds which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey,

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

and the kite, as well as the vulture, according to their kind,

15 every raven after its kind,

and all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness,

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

the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to its kind,

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

the owl, and the sea bird, and the ibis,

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

and the swan, and the pelican, and the marsh hen,

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

the heron, and the plover according to its kind, the crested hoopoe, and also the bat.

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

Of all that flies, whatever steps upon four feet shall be abominable 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;

But whatever certainly walks upon four feet, and also has longer legs behind, with which it hops upon the earth,

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;

you shall eat, such as the beetle in its kind, and the cricket, and grasshopper, and the locust, each one according to its kind.

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

But among flying things, whatever has only four feet shall be detestable to you.

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

And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall 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 if it will be necessary to carry any of these dead things, he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until the sun sets.

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 that certainly has a hoof, but which is not divided, nor does it chew over again, shall be unclean. And whoever will have touched it shall be contaminated.

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;

Whatever walks upon its hands, out of all the animals that advance on all fours, shall be unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be polluted 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 whoever will have carried this kind of carcass shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening. For all these are unclean to 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,

Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind,

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

the shrew, and the chameleon, and the gecko, and the lizard, and the mole.

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.

All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses 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;

And anything upon which something from their carcasses will have fallen shall be defiled, whether it is a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins, or haircloths, or anything by which work is done. These shall be dipped in water and shall be defiled until evening, but then afterwards these shall 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.

But an earthen vessel, into which something from these will fall, shall be defiled; and therefore it is to be broken.

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 of the foods that you eat, if water from such a vessel will have been poured upon it, it shall be unclean. And every liquid which one may drink from such a vessel shall 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.

And if anything from among these kinds of dead things has fallen upon it, it shall be unclean, whether it be an oven, or a pot with feet, these shall be unclean and shall be destroyed.

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

Yet truly, fountains and cisterns, and all reservoirs of water shall be clean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled.

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

If it falls upon seed grain, it shall not defile it.

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 anyone has poured water upon the seed grain, and afterwards it was touched by the carcasses, it shall be immediately defiled.

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 any animals will have died, from which it is lawful for you to eat, whoever will have touched its carcass shall 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.

And whoever will have eaten or carried anything of these shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening.

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

All that creeps across the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken up as food.

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;

Whatever advances by four feet upon the chest, or that has many feet, or that drags across the soil, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

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 be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.

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. Be holy, for I am Holy. Do not pollute your souls with any creeping thing, which moves across the land.

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 led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I would be your God; you shall be holy, for 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 of animals and flying things, and of every living soul that moves in the waters or creeps upon the land,

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

so that you may know the difference between clean and unclean, and so that you may know what you ought to eat, and what you ought to refuse.