Leviticus 11
1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
2 “Tell the Israeli people that [this is what Yahweh says]: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat:
“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:
3 The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that (chew their cuds/bring their food up from their stomachs to chew it again).
any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.
4 There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. [For example], camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
However, if it either chews the cud, or has a divided hoof, then you may not eat it. These include: the camel, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
5 Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
The rock hyrax, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
6 Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
The hare, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
7 Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
The pig, which though it has a divided hoof doesn't chew the cud, so it is unclean for you.
8 All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.
You are not to eat their meat or touch their bead bodies. They are unclean for you.
9 From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.
You are allowed to eat any creature with fins and scales that lives in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.
10 But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.
But you are not allowed to eat any of the many creatures that don't have fins and scales that live in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.
11 You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
They are repulsive. You must not eat their meat, and you must treat their dead bodies as repulsive.
12 You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.
All such water creatures that don't have fins and scales are to be repulsive to you.
13 There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
As for the birds, these must not be eaten because they are repulsive: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,
14 kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,
buzzard, kite and similar birds of prey,
15 any kind of raven,
any raven or crow,
16 horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk,
17 small owls, cormorants, large owls,
little owl, fish owl, eagle owl,
18 white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,
barn owl, desert owl, Egyptian vulture,
19 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.
storks and any kind of heron, hoopoe, and bats.
20 You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].
All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.
21 But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.
But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.
22 They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.
23 But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.
All other flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you,
24 ‘There are certain creatures that if you touch their carcasses you will become defiled. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.
and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,
25 Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.
and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening.
26 ‘The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cuds. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me).
Every animal with hooves that are not divided, or that does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. If you touch any of them you will be unclean.
27 From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.
Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,
28 Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses (defiles you/causes you to become unacceptable to me).
and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening. They are unclean for you.
29 ‘From all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me) [if you touch them]: Moles, rats, any kind of lizard,
The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizard,
30 geckos, skinks, and chameleons.
gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skinks, and chameleon.
31 Those creatures that scurry across the ground (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me); anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening.
These animals that run along the ground are unclean for you. If you touch a dead one of them you will be unclean until the evening.
32 When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become (defiled/unacceptable to me), whether it is made of wood or cloth or the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put it in water. Then you must not use it until that evening.
Anything that one of them dies and lands on becomes unclean. Whatever it is—something made of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any work tool—it must be washed with water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.
33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.
If one of them falls into a clay pot, all that's in it becomes unclean. You must smash the pot.
34 If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.
If water from that pot touches any food, that food becomes unclean, and any drink from a pot like that also becomes unclean.
35 Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me); even if it falls on an oven or a cooking pot, anything that it falls on must be broken into pieces. It becomes unacceptable to me and you must not use it again.
Anything that one of their dead bodies falls on becomes unclean. If it's an oven or a stove, it must be smashed. It is permanently unclean for you.
36 If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me.
On the other hand, if it's a spring or cistern containing water then it will remain clean, but if you touch one of these dead bodies in it you will be unclean.
37 If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.
Similarly, if one of their dead bodies falls on any seed used for sowing, the seed remains clean;
38 But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.
but if the seed has been soaked in water and one of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 ‘If an animal [whose meat] you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening.
If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.
40 Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.
If you eat anything from the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening. If you pick up the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening.
41 ‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.
Every animal that crawls along the ground is repulsive—you must not eat it.
Don't eat any animal that crawls along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on four feet or many feet. All such animals are repulsive.
43 Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].
Don't defile yourselves by any such crawling animal. Don't make yourselves unclean or defiled by them,
44 I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that scurry across the ground.
because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.
45 I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from [being slaves in] Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.
I am the Lord who led you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.
46 'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.
These are the regulations about animals, birds, everything that lives in the water, and all animals that crawl along the ground.
47 You must learn what things [I say] are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.’”
You must recognize the difference between unclean and clean, between those animals that can be eaten and those that can't.”
