Leviticus 11

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,

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.

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This [is] the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which [are] on the earth:

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

any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.

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.

'Only, this ye 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 not dividing — it [is] unclean to you;

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

and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not — unclean it [is] to you;

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

and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided — unclean it [is] to you;

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

and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up — unclean it [is] to you.

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

'Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come — unclean they [are] to 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.

'This ye do eat of all which [are] in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

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.

and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which [is] in the waters — an abomination they [are] to you;

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

yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.

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

'Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters — an abomination it [is] to you.

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

'And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they [are]: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

14 the kite, any kind of falcon,

and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

15 every kind of raven,

every raven after its kind,

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

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

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

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

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

and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

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

and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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

'Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four — an abomination it [is] 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.

'Only — this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

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

these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

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

and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet — an abomination it [is] to you.

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

'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

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

and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till 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.

even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up — unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against them is 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.

'And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four — unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is 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 he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening — unclean they [are] to 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,

'And this [is] to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

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

and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;

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 [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till 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.

'And anything on which any one of them falleth, 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 hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been 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.

and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which [any] one of them falleth, all that [is] in its midst is unclean, and it ye do break.

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.

'Of all the food which is eaten, that on which cometh [such] water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any [such] vessel is 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.

and anything on which [any] of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they [are], yea, unclean they are to you.

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

'Only — a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean;

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

and when [any] of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown — it [is] 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.

and when water is put on the seed, and [any] of its carcase hath fallen on it — unclean it [is] to you.

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

'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till 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.

and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening.

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

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

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.

any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth — ye do not eat them, for they [are] an abomination;

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.

ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.

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.

'For I [am] Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

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.

for I [am] Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for 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,

'This [is] a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

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.'”

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'