Leviticus 11:41–47

⁴¹‘^aNow every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable; it shall not be eaten.

⁴²‘Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.

⁴³‘^aDo not render ¹yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.

⁴⁴‘For ^aI am Yahweh your God. Therefore, set yourselves apart as holy and ^bbe holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that move on the earth.

⁴⁵‘^aFor I am Yahweh who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus ^byou shall be holy, for I am holy.’”

⁴⁶This is the law regarding the animal and the bird and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,

^47ato separate between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.