Leviticus 11

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

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to 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 to the people of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals 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.

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and that also 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;

However, some animals either chew the cud or have a split hoof, and you must not eat them, animals such as the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof. So the camel 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;

Also the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof, it is also 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;

The rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not have a split hoof, 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.

The pig, although it has a split hoof, 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 must not eat any of their meat, nor touch their carcasses. 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;

The animals living in the water that you may eat are all those that have fins and scales, whether in the ocean or in the rivers.

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 all living creatures that do not have fins and scales in the ocean or rivers, including all that move in the water and all the living creatures that are in the water— they must be detested by you.

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

Since they must be detested, you must not eat of their meat; also, their carcasses must be detested.

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

Whatever has no fins or scales in the water must be detested by 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,

The birds you must detest and that you must not eat are these: the eagle, the vulture,

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

the kite, any kind of falcon,

15 every raven after its kind,

every kind of raven,

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

the horned owl and the screech owl, the seagull, and any kind of hawk.

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

You must also detest the little owl and the great owl, the cormorant,

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

the white owl and the barn 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 also the bat.

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

All winged insects that walk on four legs 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;

Yet you may eat any of the flying insects that also walk on four legs if they have jointed legs 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;

You may also 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.

But all the flying insects that have four feet must be detested by you.

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

You will become unclean until evening by these animals if you touch a carcass of one of them.

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

Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and remain 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 which has a split hoof that is not completely divided or which does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches 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;

Whatever walks on its paws among all the animals that walk on all four legs, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches such a carcass will be unclean until the 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.

Whoever picks up such a carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. These animals will be 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,

Of the animals that creep on the ground, these are the animals that will be unclean to you: the weasel, the rat, every kind of large 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 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.

Of all the animals that creep, these are the animals which will be unclean to you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will 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;

If any of them dies and falls on anything, that thing will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, leather, or sackcloth. Whatever it is and whatever it is used for, it must be put into water; it will be 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.

For every clay pot into or onto which any unclean animal falls, whatever is in the pot will become unclean, and you must destroy that 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 that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean. Any liquid that is for drinking from such a pot is 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 that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; if it is an oven or small stove, it must be broken to pieces. They are unclean and they must remain 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;

A spring or cistern for collecting water remains clean; but anyone who touches their carcass is unclean.

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

If any part of their carcass falls upon any seeds for planting, those seeds will still 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 is put on the seeds, and if any part of their carcass falls on them, then they will be 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;

If any animal that you may eat dies, then he 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 any of that carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up such a carcass will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

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

Every animal that creeps on the ground is to be detested; 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;

Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all four legs, or whatever has many feet—all the animals that creep on the ground, these you must not eat, for they are to be detested.

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.

You must not make yourselves unclean with any living creatures that creep; you must not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be made impure 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 Yahweh your God. You are to keep yourselves holy, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves with any kind of animal that moves about on 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 Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You must 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 regarding the animals, the birds, every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on 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.”

for which a distinction is to be made between the unclean and the clean, and between the living things that may be eaten and the living things that may not be eaten.'”