11The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:H3068H1696H4872H175H559 2Speak to the people of Israel, saying: From among all the land animals, these are the creatures that you may eat.H1696H1121H3478H559H2063H2416H398H929H776 3Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.H6536H6541H8156H8157H5927H1625H929H398 4But among those that chew the cud or have divided hoofs, you shall not eat the following: the camel, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.H389H398H5927H1625H6536H6541H1581H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 5The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 6The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.H768H5927H1625H6536H6541H2931 7The pig, for even though it has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.H2386H6536H6541H8156H8157H1641H1625H2931 8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.H1320H398H5038H5060H2931 9These 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 streams—such you may eat.H398H4325H5579H7193H4325H3220H5158H398 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 youH5579H7193H3220H5158H8318H4325H2416H5315H4325H8263 11and detestable they shall remain. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall regard as detestable.H8263H398H1320H5038H8262 12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.H5579H7193H4325H8263 13These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,H8262H4480H5775H398H8263H5404H6538H5822 14the buzzard, the kite of any kind;H1676H344H4327 15every raven of any kind;H6158H4327 16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H4327 17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,H3563H7994H3244 18the water hen, the desert owl, the carrion vulture,H8580H6893H7360 19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H5847 20All winged insects that walk upon all fours are detestable to you.H5775H8318H1980H702H8263 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.H398H5775H8318H1980H702H3767H4605H7272H5425H2004H776 22Of 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.H398H697H4327H5556H4327H2728H4327H2284H4327 23But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.H5775H8318H702H7272H8263 24By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,H2930H5060H5038H2930H6153 25and whoever carries any part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153 26Every animal that has divided hoofs but is not cleft-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean for you; everyone who touches one of them shall be unclean.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H5927H1625H2931H5060H2930 27All that walk on their paws, among the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,H3605H1992H1980H3709H2416H1980H702H2931H5060H5038H2930H6153 28and the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H2931 29These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,H2931H8318H8317H776H2467H5909H6632H4327 30the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.H604H3581H3911H2546H8580 31These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.H2931H8318H5060H4194H2930H6153 32And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether an article of wood or cloth or skin or sacking, any article that is used for any purpose; it shall be dipped into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean.H4194H5307H2930H3627H6086H899H5785H8242H3627H4399H6213H935H4325H2930H6153H2891 33And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel.H2789H3627H5307H8432H2930H7665 34Any food that could be eaten shall be unclean if water from any such vessel comes upon it; and any liquid that could be drunk shall be unclean if it was in any such vessel.H400H398H4325H935H2930H4945H8354H3627H2930 35Everything on which any part of the carcass falls shall be unclean; whether an oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall remain unclean for you.H5038H5307H2930H8574H3600H5422H2931H2931 36But a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, while whatever touches the carcass in it shall be unclean.H4599H953H4723H4325H2889H5060H5038H2930 37If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean;H5038H5307H2221H2233H2232H2889 38but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.H4325H5414H2233H5038H5307H2931 39If an animal of which you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.H929H402H4191H5060H5038H2930H6153 40Those who eat of its carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening; and those who carry the carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening.H398H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153 41All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.H8318H8317H776H8263H398 42Whatever moves on its belly, and whatever moves on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the creatures that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.H1980H1512H1980H702H7235H7272H8318H8317H776H398H8263 43You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them, and so become unclean.H8262H5315H8262H8318H8317H2933H2930 44For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming creature that moves on the earth.H3068H430H6942H6918H6918H2930H5315H8318H7430H776 45For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.H3068H5927H776H4714H430H6918H6918 46This is the law pertaining to land animal and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,H8451H929H5775H2416H5315H7430H4325H5315H8317H776 47to 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.H914H2931H2889H2416H398H2416H398
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