Leviticus 11–15
1 The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘aThese are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.
3 ‘Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
4 ‘Nevertheless, ayou are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.
5 ‘Likewise, the 1shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
6 the 1rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;
7 and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.
8 ‘You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9 ‘aThese you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
10 ‘aBut whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,
11 and they shall be 1abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.
12 ‘Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is 1abhorrent to you.
13 ‘These, moreover, ayou shall detest among the birds; they are 1abhorrent, not to be eaten: the 2eagle and the vulture and the 3buzzard,
14 and the kite and the falcon in its kind,
16 and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,
17 and the little owl and the cormorant and the 1great owl,
18 and the white owl and the 1pelican and the carrion vulture,
19 and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 ‘All the 1winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
21 ‘Yet these you may eat among all the 1winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth.
22 ‘These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.
23 ‘But all other 1winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.
24 ‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
25 and awhoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
26 ‘Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.
27 ‘Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,
28 and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.
29 ‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the 1great lizard in its kinds,
30 and the gecko, and the 1crocodile, and the lizard, and the 2sand reptile, and the chameleon.
31 ‘These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
32 ‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack—any article 1of which use is made—ait shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.
33 ‘As for any aearthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break 1the vessel.
34 ‘Any of the 1food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any 1liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.
35 ‘Everything, moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a 1stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.
36 ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern 1collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.
37 ‘If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.
38 ‘Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39 ‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
40 ‘aHe too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 ‘aNow every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.
42 ‘Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.
43 ‘aDo not render 1yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.
44 ‘For aI am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and bbe holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth.
45 ‘aFor I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus byou shall be holy, for I am holy.’ ”
46 This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,
47 ato make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying:
‘When a woman 1gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, aas in the days of 2her menstruation she shall be unclean.
3 ‘On athe eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 ‘Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.
5 ‘But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her 1menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days.
6 ‘aWhen the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove bfor a sin offering.
7 ‘Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the 1flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.
8 ‘But if 1she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take atwo turtledoves or two young pigeons, bthe one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the cpriest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2 “When a man has on the skin of his 1body a swelling or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes 2an infection of leprosy on the skin of his 1body, athen he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
3 “The priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the 1body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his 1body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean.
4 “But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his 1body, and 2it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall 3isolate him who has the infection for seven days.
5 “The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection 1has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall 2isolate him for seven more days.
6 “The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall awash his clothes and be clean.
7 “But if the scab spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest.
8 “The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.
9 “When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest.
10 “The priest shall then look, and if there is a awhite swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,
11 it is 1a chronic leprosy on the skin of his 2body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not 3isolate him, for he is unclean.
12 “If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, 1as far as the priest can see,
13 then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his 1body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; it has all turned white and he is clean.
14 “But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
15 “The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.
16 “Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall acome to the priest,
17 and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; he is clean.
18 “When the 1body has a …