Leviticus 11:41–47

⁴¹‘And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten; ⁴²any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth—ye do not eat them, for they are an abomination.

⁴³Ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby. ⁴⁴‘For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth; ⁴⁵for I am Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I am holy.

⁴⁶‘This is a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth, ⁴⁷to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.’

Chapter 12