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Leviticus 11:10–23

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10But anything in the seas or the streams that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and among all the other living creatures that are in the waters—they are detestable to you,* 11and detestable they shall remain. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall regard as detestable. 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

13“These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, 14the buzzard, the kite of any kind; 15every raven of any kind; 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind; 17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18the water hen, the desert owl,h the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.i

20“All winged insects that walk upon all fours are detestable to you. 21But among the winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to leap on the ground. 22Of them you may eat: locusts of every kind, bald locusts of every kind, crickets of every kind, and grasshoppers of every kind.* 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

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Footnotes

  1. hOr pelican
  2. iIdentification of several of the birds in 11:13–19 is uncertain

Cross references

  1. *Lev 7:18; Deut 14:3
  2. *Mt 3:4; Mk 1:6