[1] And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, [2] "Say to the people of Israel,
These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are
on the earth. [3] Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews
the cud, among the animals, you may eat. [4] Nevertheless 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. [5] And the
rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is
unclean to you. [6] And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not
part the hoof, is unclean to you. [7] And the swine, because it parts the
hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. [8]
Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch;
they are unclean to you. [9] "These you may eat, of all that are in the
waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the
seas or in the rivers, you may eat. [10] But anything in the seas or the
rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the
waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is an
abomination to you. [11] They shall remain an abomination to you; of their
flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination.
[12] Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is an
abomination to you. [13] "And these you shall have in abomination among the
birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the
vulture, the osprey, [14] the kite, the falcon according to its kind, [15]
every raven according to its kind, [16] the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea
gull, the hawk according to its kind, [17] the owl, the cormorant, the
ibis, [18] the water hen, the pelican, the carrion vulture, [19] the stork,
the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. [20] "All winged
insects that go upon all fours are an abomination to you. [21] Yet among
the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs
above their feet, with which to leap on the earth. [22] Of them you may
eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its
kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to
its kind. [23] But all other winged insects which 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, [25] and whoever
carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean
until the evening. [26] Every animal which parts the hoof but is not
cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you; every one who
touches them shall be unclean. [27] And all that go on their paws, among
the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their
carcass shall be unclean until the evening, [28] and he who carries their
carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are
unclean to you. [29] "And these are unclean to you among the swarming
things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard
according to its kind, [30] the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the
sand lizard, and the chameleon. [31] These are unclean to you among all
that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until
the evening. [32] And anything upon which any of them falls when they are
dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a
skin or a sack, any vessel 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. [33] And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is
in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. [34] Any food in it which
may be eaten, upon which water may come, shall be unclean; and all drink
which may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean. [35] And
everything upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean;
whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and
shall be unclean to you. [36] Nevertheless a spring or a cistern holding
water shall be clean; but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean.
[37] And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed for sowing that
is to be sown, it is clean; [38] but if water is put on the seed and any
part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. [39] "And if any
animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be
unclean until the evening, [40] and he who eats of its carcass shall wash
his clothes and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries the
carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. [41]
"Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it
shall not be eaten. [42] Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on
all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the swarming things that swarm
upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. [43] You
shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms;
and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean.
[44] For 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 upon the earth. [45] For 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 pertaining to beast and bird and every
living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that
swarms upon the earth, [47] to make a distinction between the unclean and
the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living
creature that may not be eaten.
