Leviticus 11
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto 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:
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
3 any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye 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;
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
5 and the hyrax, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof is not divided—it [is] unclean to you;
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
6 and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof has not divided—it [is] unclean to you;
And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto 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 swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.
8 You do not eat of their flesh, and you do not come against their carcass—they [are] unclean to you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; 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 shall 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 shall ye 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;
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
11 indeed, they are an abomination to you; you do not eat of their flesh, and you detest their carcass.
They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Anything that does not have fins and scales in the waters—it [is] an abomination to you.
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto 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,
And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15 every raven after its kind,
Every raven after his kind;
16 and the ostrich, and the nightjar [[or male ostrich]], and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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 waterhen, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four [legs]—it [is] an abomination to you.
All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto 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;
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal 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;
[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
23 and every teeming thing which is flying, which has four feet—it [is] an abomination to you.
But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
24 And you are made unclean by these; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the evening;
And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 and anyone who is lifting up of their carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening—
And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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.
[The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall 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;
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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 he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they [are] unclean unto 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,
These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 and the gecko [[or ferret]], and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, 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.
These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
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 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], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
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.
And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
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;
Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every [such] 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 every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto 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 fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 and when [any] of their carcass falls on any sown seed which is sown—it [is] clean;
And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] 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 [any] water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto 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;
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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 he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
41 And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall 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;
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.
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.
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
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: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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 that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore 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 the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
47 to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.”
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
