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Leviticus

ESV

Chapter 11

1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that 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, you may eat. 4Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 5The rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 6The hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 7And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. 9“These you may eat, of all that are in the waters: whatever in the seas and in the rivers has fins and scales—those you may eat. 10But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of all that swarm in the waters and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, is an abomination to you. 11They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is an abomination to you. 13“And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14the kite, the falcon 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 short-eared owl, 18the barn owl, the white owl, the carrion vulture, 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. 20“All winged insects that go on all fours are an abomination to you. 21Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. 22Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are an abomination to you. 24“And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 25and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 26Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27And all that go on their paws, among all animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 28and whoever carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you. 29“These are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the newt, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or cloth or skin or sackcloth, any article that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel. 34Any food in it that could be eaten, on which water comes, shall be unclean. And any liquid in it that could be drunk shall be unclean. 35Anything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether an oven or a stove, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean and shall be unclean to you. 36Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches their carcass in it shall be unclean. 37And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean. 38But if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. 39“If any animal of which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 40and whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 41“Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43You shall not make yourselves unholy with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean thereby. 44For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. 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.” 46This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves in the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground, 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.