Leviticus:11

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* And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron , * "Say to the people of Israel , These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth . * Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud , among the animals , you may eat . * Nevertheless among those that chew the cud or part the hoof , you shall not eat these : The camel , because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof , is unclean to you . * And the rock badger , because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof , is unclean to you . * And the hare , because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof , is unclean to you . * And the swine , because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud , is unclean to you . * Of their flesh you shall not eat , and their carcasses you shall not touch ; they are unclean to you . * "These you may eat , of all that are in the waters . Everything in the waters that has fins and scales , whether in the seas or in the rivers , you may eat . * But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales , of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters , is an abomination to you . * They shall remain an abomination to you ; of their flesh you shall not eat , and their carcasses you shall have in abomination . * Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is an abomination to you . * "And these you shall have in abomination among the birds , they shall not be eaten , they are an abomination : the eagle , the vulture , the osprey , * the kite , the falcon according to its kind , * every raven according to its kind , * the ostrich , the nighthawk , the sea gull , the hawk according to its kind , * the owl , the cormorant , the ibis , * the water hen , the pelican , the carrion vulture , * the stork , the heron according to its kind , the hoopoe , and the bat . * "All winged insects that go upon all fours are an abomination to you . * Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet , with which to leap on the earth . * Of them you may eat : the locust according to its kind , the bald locust according to its kind , the cricket according to its kind , and the grasshopper according to its kind . * But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you . * "And by these you shall become unclean ; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening , * and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening . * Every animal which parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you ; every one who touches them shall be unclean . * And all that go on their paws , among the animals that go on all fours , are unclean to you ; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening , * and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening ; they are unclean to you . * "And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth : the weasel , the mouse , the great lizard according to its kind , * the gecko , the land crocodile , the lizard , the sand lizard , and the chameleon . * These are unclean to you among all that swarm ; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening . * And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean , whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack , any vessel that is used for any purpose ; it must be put into water , and it shall be unclean until the evening ; then it shall be clean . * And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel , all that is in it shall be unclean , and you shall break it . * Any food in it which may be eaten , upon which water may come , shall be unclean ; and all drink which may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean . * And everything upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean ; whether oven or stove , it shall be broken in pieces ; they are unclean , and shall be unclean to you . * Nevertheless a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean ; but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean . * And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed for sowing that is to be sown , it is clean ; * but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it , it is unclean to you . * "And if any animal of which you may eat dies , he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening , * and he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening ; he also who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening . * "Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination ; it shall not be eaten . * Whatever goes on its belly , and whatever goes on all fours , or whatever has many feet , all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth , you shall not eat ; for they are an abomination . * You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms ; and you shall not defile yourselves with them , lest you become unclean . * For I am the LORD your God ; consecrate yourselves therefore , and be holy , for I am holy . You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth . * For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt , to be your God ; you shall therefore be holy , for I am holy ." * This is the law pertaining to beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth , * to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten .

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