Leviticus:11:1-47

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* Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron , saying to them , * "Speak to the children of Israel , saying , "These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth : * Among the animals , whatever divides the hoof , having cloven hooves and chewing the cud--that you may eat . * Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves : the camel , because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves , is unclean to you ; * the rock hyrax , because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves , is unclean to you ; * the hare , because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves , is unclean to you ; * and the swine , though it divides the hoof , having cloven hooves , yet does not chew the cud , is unclean to you . * 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 water : whatever in the water has fins and scales , whether in the seas or in the rivers--that you may eat . * But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales , all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water , they are an abomination to you . * They shall be an abomination to you ; you shall not eat their flesh , but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination . * Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales--that shall be an abomination to you . * "And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds ; they shall not be eaten , they are an abomination : the eagle , the vulture , the buzzard , * the kite , and the falcon after its kind ; * every raven after its kind , * the ostrich , the short-eared owl , the sea gull , and the hawk after its kind ; * the little owl , the fisher owl , and the screech owl ; * the white owl , the jackdaw , and the carrion vulture ; * the stork , the heron after its kind , the hoopoe , and the bat . * "All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you . * Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours : those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth . * These you may eat : the locust after its kind , the destroying locust after its kind , the cricket after its kind , and the grasshopper after its kind . * But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you . * "By these you shall become unclean ; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening ; * whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening : * The carcass of any animal which divides the foot , but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud , is unclean to you . Everyone who touches it shall be unclean . * And whatever goes on its paws , among all kinds of animals that go on all fours , those are unclean to you . Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening . * Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening . It is unclean to you . * "These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth : the mole , the mouse , and the large lizard after its kind ; * the gecko , the monitor lizard , the sand reptile , the sand lizard , and the chameleon . * These are unclean to you among all that creep . Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening . * Anything on which any of them falls , when they are dead shall be unclean , whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack , whatever item it is , in which any work is done , it must be put in water . And it shall be unclean until evening ; then it shall be clean . * Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break ; and whatever is in it shall be unclean : * in such a vessel , any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean , and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean . * And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean ; whether it is an oven or cooking stove , it shall be broken down ; for they are unclean , and shall be unclean to you . * Nevertheless a spring or a cistern , in which there is plenty of water , shall be clean , but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean . * And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown , it remains clean . * But if water is put on the seed , and if a part of any such carcass falls on it , it becomes unclean to you . * "And if any animal which you may eat dies , he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening . * He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening . He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening . * "And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination . It shall not be eaten . * Whatever crawls on its belly , whatever goes on all fours , or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth--these you shall not eat , for they are an abomination . * You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps ; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them , lest you be defiled by them . * For I am the LORD your God . You shall therefore consecrate yourselves , and you shall be holy ; for I am holy . Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth . * For I am the LORD who brings 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 of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters , and of every creature that creeps on the earth , * to distinguish between the unclean and the clean , and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten ."'

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