Leviticus 11:1–23

CLEAN AND UNCLEAN LAND ANIMALS

11The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ²“Tell the Israelites: You may eat^g all these kinds of land animals.^{h 3}You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. ⁴But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

camels,ⁱ though they chew the cud,

do not have divided hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁵hyraxes,^j though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁶hares, though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁷pigs, though they have divided hooves,

do not chew the cud—they are unclean for you.

⁸Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses—they are unclean for you.^k

CLEAN AND UNCLEAN AQUATIC ANIMALS

⁹“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams. ¹⁰But these are to be abhorrent to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures^l in the water. ¹¹They are to remain abhorrent to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must abhor their carcasses. ¹²Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you.

UNCLEAN BIRDS

¹³“You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent:

eagles,^Bm bearded vultures,

Egyptian vultures,^{C 14}kites,^D

any kind of falcon,^En

¹⁵every kind of raven, ¹⁶ostriches,^F

short-eared owls, gulls,^G

any kind of hawk,^o

¹⁷little^H owls, cormorants,^I

long-eared owls,^Jp

¹⁸barn^K owls, eagle owls,^Lq

ospreys, ¹⁹storks,^M

any kind of heron,^N

hoopoes, and bats.

CLEAN AND UNCLEAN FLYING INSECTS

²⁰“All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you. ²¹But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. ²²You may eat these:

any kind of locust,^r katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

²³All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.