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:
Speak you to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat of all beasts that are upon the earth.
3 any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.
Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these 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 of these you shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to 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 rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to 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 it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to 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, because this [animal] divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, 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.
You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcases; these 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;
And these [are] what you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these 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;
And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.
11 indeed, they are an abomination to you; you do not eat of their flesh, and you detest their carcass.
You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall abhor their carcases.
12 Anything that does not have fins and scales in the waters—it [is] an abomination to you.
And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination 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,
And these are the things which you shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle.
14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it;
15 every raven after its kind,
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant, and the like to it:
16 and the ostrich, and the nightjar [[or male ostrich]], and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like,
17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork,
18 and the waterhen, and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture,
and the red-bill, and the pelican, and swan,
19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat.
20 Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four [legs]—it [is] an abomination to you.
And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations 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 these you shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on 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;
And these of them you shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.
23 and every teeming thing which is flying, which has four feet—it [is] an abomination to you.
Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.
24 And you are made unclean by these; anyone who is coming against their carcass is unclean until the evening;
And by these you shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.
25 and anyone who is lifting up of their carcass washes his garments, and has been unclean until the evening—
And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the 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.
And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.
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 every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till 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 he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: 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,
And these [are] unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,
30 and the gecko [[or ferret]], and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;
the ferret, and the chameleon, and the evet, and the newt, 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 of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till 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 on whatever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and [then] it 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.
And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatever is inside it, shall be unclean, and it shall 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;
And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come [from such a vessel], shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any [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 on which there shall fall of their dead bodies shall be unclean; ovens and stands for jars shall be broken down: these are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.
36 Only, a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcass is unclean;
Only [if the water be] of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean.
37 and when [any] of their carcass falls on any sown seed which is sown—it [is] clean;
And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall 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 water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to 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 one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till 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 he that eats of their carcases shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcases shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.
41 And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;
And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; 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;
And every [animal] that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four [feet] continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—you shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.
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.
And you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and you shall not be polluted with them, and you shall not be unclean 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; and you shall be sanctified, and you shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping 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 who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and you shall be holy, for I the Lord 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 concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on 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 distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.
