Leviticus 11

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

2 “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.

“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:

3 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and that also chews the cud.

any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.

4 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.

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 Also the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not have a split hoof, it is also unclean to you.

The rock hyrax, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.

6 The rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not have a split hoof, is unclean to you.

The hare, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.

7 The pig, although it has a split hoof, does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.

The pig, which though it has a divided hoof doesn't chew the cud, so it is unclean for you.

8 You must not eat any of their meat, nor touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

You are not to eat their meat or touch their bead bodies. They are unclean for you.

9 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.

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 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.

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

They are repulsive. You must not eat their meat, and you must treat their dead bodies as repulsive.

12 Whatever has no fins or scales in the water must be detested by you.

All such water creatures that don't have fins and scales are to be repulsive to you.

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

As for the birds, these must not be eaten because they are repulsive: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,

14 the kite, any kind of falcon,

buzzard, kite and similar birds of prey,

15 every kind of raven,

any raven or crow,

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

tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk,

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

little owl, fish owl, eagle owl,

18 the white owl and the barn owl, the osprey,

barn owl, desert owl, Egyptian vulture,

19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and also the bat.

storks and any kind of heron, hoopoe, and bats.

20 All winged insects that walk on four legs are detestable to you.

All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.

21 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.

But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.

22 You may also eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.

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

All other flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you,

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

and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,

25 Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and remain unclean until 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 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.

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 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.

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

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 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,

The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizard,

30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skinks, and chameleon.

31 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.

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 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.

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 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.

If one of them falls into a clay pot, all that's in it becomes unclean. You must smash the pot.

34 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.

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 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.

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

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 any part of their carcass falls upon any seeds for planting, those seeds will still be clean.

Similarly, if one of their dead bodies falls on any seed used for sowing, the seed remains clean;

38 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.

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 any animal that you may eat dies, then he who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.

40 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.

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 Every animal that creeps on the ground is to be detested; it must not be eaten.

Every animal that crawls along the ground is repulsive—you must not eat it.

42 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.

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 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.

Don't defile yourselves by any such crawling animal. Don't make yourselves unclean or defiled by them,

44 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.

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 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.

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 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,

These are the regulations about animals, birds, everything that lives in the water, and all animals that crawl along the ground.

47 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.'”

You must recognize the difference between unclean and clean, between those animals that can be eaten and those that can't.”