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Leviticus 11:4–40

However,e thesef you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have ag divided hoof: the camel, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; and the coney, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; and the hare, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you; and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft inh the hoof but it does not chew cud—it is unclean for you. You must not eat from their meat, and you must not touch their dead body—they are unclean for you.

“ ‘Thesei you may eat from all that are in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, whether in the seas orj in the streams—suchk you may eat. 10 But any that does not have a fin and scales, whether in the seas orl in the streams, amongm all the water’s swarmers among all the living creatures that are in the water—they are a detestable thing to you. 11 And they shall be detestable to you; you must not eat from their meat, and you must detest their dead body. 12 Any that does not have a fin and scales in the water—it is a detestable thing to you.

13 “ ‘And these you must detest from the birds; they must not be eaten—they are detestable: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle, 14 and the red kite and the black kite according to its kind, 15 every crow according to its kind, 16 and the ostrichn and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind, 17 and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, 18 and the barn owl and the desert owl and the carrion vulture, 19 and the stork, the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat.

20 “ ‘Any winged insecto that walks on all fours is detestable to you. 21 Only this may you eat from any of the winged insectsp that walk on all fours—that which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land. 22 From theseq you may eat the locust according to its kind and the bald locust according to its kind and the cricket according to its kind and the grasshopper according to its kind. 23 Butr any others winged insectt that has four legs is detestable to you. 24 And by these you shall become unclean—anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening, 25 and anyone who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

26 “ ‘With regard to any animal that has a divided hoof but does not split the hoof, oru does not have a cud for chewingv—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches them shall become unclean. 27 And anything that walks upon its paws among any of the animalsw that walks on all fours—they are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead body shall become unclean until the evening, 28 and the one who carries their dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening—they are unclean for you.

29 “ ‘And thesex are the unclean for you among the swarmersy that swarm on the land: the weasel and the mouse and the thorn-tailed lizard according to its kind, 30 and the gecko and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand lizard and the chameleon. 31 These are the unclean for you among all the swarmers; anyone who touches them at their death shall become unclean until the evening. 32 And anything on which one of themz falls at their death shall become unclean: any object of wood or garment or skin or sackcloth—any object that has performed work—must be placed in water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean. 33 And any clay vessela into which one of themb falls, all that is in it shall become unclean, and you must break it. 34 Any of the food that could be eaten on which water from such a vessel comes shall become unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk in any such vessel shall become unclean. 35 And anything on which one of their dead bodiesc falls shall become unclean: an oven ord a stove must be brokene—they are unclean and shall be unclean for you. 36 Surelyf a spring org a cistern collecting water shall be clean, but that which touches their dead body shall become unclean. 37 And when one of their dead bodiesh falls on any seed for sowing,i it is clean. 38 Butj when water is put on the seed and one of their dead bodiesk falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39 “ ‘And when one of the animalsl dies that is for you to eat, the one who touches its dead body shall become unclean until the evening. 40 And the one who eats some ofm its dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening; and the one who carries its dead body must wash his garments, and he shall be unclean until the evening.

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