Leviticus 11

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

The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

2 '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:

“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

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

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4 '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;

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

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

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7 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.

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

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

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9 '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;

Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 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;

But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

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

They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

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

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

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

Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

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

the kite, any kind of falcon,

15 every raven after its kind,

any kind of raven,

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

the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

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

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

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

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

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

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

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

All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

21 '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;

However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22 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;

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

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

All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

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

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

25 and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: —

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26 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.

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27 '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;

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

28 and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening — unclean they [are] to you.

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29 '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,

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

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

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

31 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.

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32 '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;

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33 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.

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

34 '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;

Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35 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.

Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

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

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

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

If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

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

but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 '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;

If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40 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.

Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

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

Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

42 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;

Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

43 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.

Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

44 '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;

For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

45 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.

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

46 '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,

This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along 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.'

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”