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Leviticus 11:2–23

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2“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. 3Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 4Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 5And the zrock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 6And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 7And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, ais unclean to you. 8You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

9“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is bdetestable to you. 11You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

13“And these you shall detest among the birds;1 they shall not be eaten; they are bdetestable: cthe eagle,2 the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14the kite, dthe falcon of any kind, 15every raven of any kind, 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the ehawk of any kind, 17the flittle owl, the cormorant, the gshort-eared owl, 18the barn owl, the htawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and ithe bat.

20“All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. 22Of them you may eat: jthe locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or things that fly; compare Genesis 1:20
  2. 2The identity of many of these birds is uncertain

Cross references

  1. yFor ver. 1–47, see Deut. 14:3–20; [Matt. 15:11; Mark 7:15, 18; Acts 10:12–15; 11:6–9; Rom. 14:14; 1 Cor. 8:8; Col. 2:16, 21; Heb. 9:10]
  2. zPs. 104:18; Prov. 30:26
  3. a[Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17]
  4. bch. 7:21
  5. b[See ver. 10 above]
  6. cJob 39:26, 30
  7. dJob 28:7
  8. eJob 39:26
  9. fPs. 102:6
  10. gIsa. 34:11
  11. hPs. 102:6; Isa. 34:11; Zeph. 2:14
  12. iIsa. 2:20
  13. jEx. 10:4; Joel 1:4; [Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6]