Leviticus

1The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

4“‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

5The hyrax,because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

6The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.

7The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.

8You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.

9“‘You may eat of all these that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

10All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,

11and you shall detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.

12Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters is an abomination to you.

13“‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

14the red kite, any kind of black kite,

15any kind of raven,

16the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.

21Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth.

22Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

23But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.

24“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

25Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

26“‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

29“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

30the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

32Anything they fall on when they are dead shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening. Then it will be clean.

33Every earthen vessel into which any of them falls and all that is in it shall be unclean. You shall break it.

34All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

35Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

36Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

37If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

38But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

39“‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

40He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

41“‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.

42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.

44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46“‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.’”

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

2Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.

3Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.

4But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.

5The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.

6The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.

7And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.

8The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.

9These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you shall eat.

10But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination to you,

11And detestable: their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

12All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.

13Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey,

14And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind,

15And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.

16The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.

17The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis,

18And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion,

19The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.

20Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.

21But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,

22That you shall eat, as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophiomachus, and the locust, every one according to their kind.

23But of dying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you:

24And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled, and shall be unclean until the evening:

25And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead, he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.

26Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.

27That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening.

28And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.

29These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:

30The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stello, and the lizard, and the mole:

31All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.

32And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths; or any thing in which work is done, they shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards shall be clean.

33But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall, shall be defiled, and therefore is to be broken.

34Any meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be unclean.

35And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean: whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.

36But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.

37If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.

38But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.

39If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening:

40And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.

41All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable, neither shall it be taken for meat.

42Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.

43Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,

44For I am the Lord your God: be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.

45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

46You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:

47That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.