Leviticus 11:1–31

Animals That May Be Eaten

11The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following regulations ²for the people of Israel. You may eat any land animal ³that has divided hoofs and that also chews the cud, ^4–6but you must not eat camels, rock-badgers, or rabbits. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud, but do not have divided hoofs. ⁷Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs, but do not chew the cud. ⁸Do not eat these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean.

⁹You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales, ¹⁰but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales must not be eaten. ¹¹Such creatures must be considered unclean. You must not eat them or even touch their dead bodies. ¹²You must not eat anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.

^13–19You must not eat any of the following birds: eagles, owls, hawks, falcons; buzzards, vultures, crows; ostriches; seagulls, storks, herons, pelicans, cormorants;^d hoopoes; or bats.

²⁰All winged insects are unclean, ²¹except those that hop. ²²You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers. ²³But all other small things that have wings and also crawl must be considered unclean.

^24–28Whoever touches the dead bodies of the following animals will be unclean until evening: all animals with hoofs, unless their hoofs are divided and they chew the cud, and all four-footed animals with paws. Whoever carries their dead bodies must wash his clothes, but he will still be unclean until evening.

^29–30Moles, rats, mice, and lizards must be considered unclean. ³¹Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.