Leviticus 11–13

Chapter 11

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth. ³Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts—that shall ye eat. ⁴Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs—it shall be unclean unto you; ⁵and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs—it shall be unclean unto you; ⁶and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs—it shall be unclean unto you; ⁷and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud—it shall be unclean unto you. ⁸Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.

⁹These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat; ¹⁰but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters—they shall be an abomination unto you. ¹¹They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination. ¹²Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you. ¹³And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle, ¹⁴and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind; ¹⁵every raven after its kind; ¹⁶and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind; ¹⁷and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis, ¹⁸and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, ¹⁹and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

²⁰Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you. ²¹Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth. ²²These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind. ²³But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you. ²⁴And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. ²⁵And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even. ²⁶Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. ²⁷And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. ²⁸And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you. ²⁹And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind; ³⁰and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon. ³¹These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. ³²And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done—it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean. ³³And every earthen vessel into which any of them falleth—whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. ³⁴All food that is eaten on which such water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every such vessel. ³⁵And everything where upon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. ³⁶Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. ³⁷And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean; ³⁸but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. ³⁹And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. ⁴⁰And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even. ⁴¹And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. ⁴²Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth—these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

⁴³Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. ⁴⁴For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth. ⁴⁵For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. ⁴⁶This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth; ⁴⁷to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.

Chapter 12

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a male, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the separation of her infirmity shall she be unclean. ³And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin be circumcised. ⁴And she shall continue thirty-three days in the blood of her cleansing; no holy thing shall she touch, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her cleansing are fulfilled. ⁵And if she bear a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and she shall continue sixty-six days in the blood of her cleansing.

⁶And when the days of her cleansing are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a yearling lamb for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest. ⁷And he shall present it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be clean from the flux of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female. ⁸And if her hand cannot find what is sufficient for a sheep, she shall bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons; one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her; and she shall be clean.

Chapter 13

¹And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising or a scab, or bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh a sore as of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests. ³And when the priest looketh on the sore in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the sore is turned white, and the sore looketh deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the sore of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him and pronounce him unclean. ⁴But if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and look not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, the priest shall shut up him that hath the sore seven days. ⁵And the priest shall look on him the seventh day; and behold, in his sight, the sore remaineth as it was, the sore hath not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days a second time. ⁶And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day, and behold, the sore is become pale and the sore hath not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a scab; and he shall wash his garments and be clean. ⁷But if the scab have spread much in the skin, after that he hath been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again; ⁸and the priest shall look on him, and behold, the scab hath spread in the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy. ⁹When a sore as of leprosy is in a man, he shall be brought unto the priest; ¹⁰and the priest shall look on him, and behold, there is a white rising in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and a trace of raw flesh is in the rising: ¹¹it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. ¹²But if the leprosy break out much in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the sore, from his head even to his foot, wherever the eyes of the priest look, ¹³and the priest looketh, and behold, the leprosy covereth all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the sore; it is all turned white; he is clean. ¹⁴And on the day when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. ¹⁵And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and shall pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. ¹⁶But if the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, he shall come unto the priest; ¹⁷and the priest shall look on him, and behold, the sore is turned white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the sore: he is clean.

¹⁸And the flesh—when in the skin thereof cometh a boil,…