^14:3You must not eat any forbidden⁶ thing. ^14:4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, ^14:5the ibex,⁷ the gazelle,⁸ the deer,⁹ the wild goat, the antelope,¹⁰ the wild oryx,¹¹ and the mountain sheep.¹²^14:6You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud.¹³^14:7However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger.¹⁴ (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you). ^14:8Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves,¹⁵ it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

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Footnotes

6 The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “forbidden; abhorrent”) describes anything detestable to the Lord because of its innate evil or inconsistency with his own nature and character. See note on the word “abhorrent” in . Cf. “abominable”; “detestable”; “abhorrent.”
7 The Hebrew term אַיָּל (’ayyal) may refer to a type of deer (cf. Arabic ’ayyal). Cf. “the red deer.”
8 The Hebrew term צְבִי (tsévi) is sometimes rendered “roebuck” (so ).
9 The Hebrew term יַחְמוּר (yakhmur) may refer to a “fallow deer”; cf. Arabic yahmur (“deer”). Cf. , , “roe deer”; , , “roebuck.”
10 The Hebrew term דִּישֹׁן (dishon) is a . Its referent is uncertain but the animal is likely a variety of antelope (cf. “white-rumped deer”; , , “ibex”).
11 The Hebrew term תְּאוֹ (té’o; a variant is תּוֹא, to’) could also refer to another species of antelope. Cf. “long-horned antelope”; , “antelope.”
12 The Hebrew term זֶמֶר (zemer) is another with the possible meaning “wild sheep.” Cf. , “chamois”; “rock-goat”; , , , “mountain sheep.”
13 The Hebrew text includes “among the animals.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
14 The Hebrew term שָׁפָן (shafan) may refer to the “coney” (cf. , ) or hyrax (“rock badger,” cf. , , , ).
15 The lacks (probably by haplography) the phrase וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה (véshosa’ shesa’ parsah, “and is clovenfooted,” i.e., “has parted hooves”), a phrase found in the otherwise exact parallel in Lev 11:7. The and attest the longer reading here. The meaning is, however, clear without it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not eat any abomination. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you. And the pig, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“You must not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals you may eat:

oxen, sheep, goats,

deer, gazelles, roe deer,

wild goats, ibexes, antelopes,

and mountain sheep.

You may eat any animal that has hooves divided in two and chews the cud. But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:

camels, hares, and hyraxes,

though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—

they are unclean for you;

and pigs, though they have hooves, they do not chew the cud—

they are unclean for you.

Do not eat their meat or touch their carcasses.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

“You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud, but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you. And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You shall not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals you may eat: ox, sheep, goats, deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep. And any animal having a split hoof and so a dividing of the hoof into two parts and that chews the cud among the animals—that animal you may eat. Only these you may not eat from those chewing the cud and from those having a division of the hoof: the camel and the hare and the coney, because they chew the cud, but they do not divide the hoof; they are therefore unclean for you. And also the pig because it has a division of the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

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