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Leviticus 11:1–3

Clean and Unclean Animals

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, yThese are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

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Leviticus 11:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.

“Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food. You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

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.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘These are the land animals you may eat: You may eat any animal that has split hoofs completely divided and that chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth. Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts—that shall ye eat.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Tell the Israelites: Here are the kinds of land animals you may eat: all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: “Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals. You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them: Speak to the people of Israel, saying:

From among all the land animals, these are the creatures that you may eat. Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘These are the animals that you may eat from all the animals that are on the land: Any among the animals that has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in the hoof and that chews cud, such you may eat.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, ‘Many animals live on land. Here are the only ones you can eat. You can eat any animal that has hoofs that are separated completely in two. But it must also chew the cud.

Leviticus 11:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.

Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.


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