11The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592"Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:H1696H1121H3478H559H2063H2416H398H929H7763You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.H6536H6541H8156H8157H5927H1625H929H3984"'There are some that only chew the cud or only have a split hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.H389H398H5927H1625H6536H6541H1581H5927H1625H6536H6541H29315The coney, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.H8227H5927H1625H6536H6541H29316The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.H768H5927H1625H6536H6541H29317And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.H2386H6536H6541H8156H8157H1641H1625H29318You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.H1320H398H5038H5060H29319"'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales.H398H4325H5579H7193H4325H3220H5158H39810But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales--whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water--you are to detest.H5579H7193H3220H5158H8318H4325H2416H5315H4325H826311And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses.H8263H398H1320H5038H826212Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you.H5579H7193H4325H826313"'These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,H8262H4480H5775H398H8263H5404H6538H582214the red kite, any kind of black kite,H1676H344H432715any kind of raven,H6158H432716the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,H1323H3284H8464H7828H5322H432717the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,H3563H7994H324418the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,H8580H6893H736019the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.H2624H601H4327H1744H584720"'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.H5775H8318H1980H702H826321There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.H398H5775H8318H1980H702H3767H4605H7272H5425H2004H77622Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.H398H697H4327H5556H4327H2728H4327H2284H432723But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.H5775H8318H702H7272H826324"'You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.H2930H5060H5038H2930H615325Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H615326"'Every animal that has a split hoof not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean.H929H6536H6541H8157H8156H5927H1625H2931H5060H293027Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.H3605H1992H1980H3709H2416H1980H702H2931H5060H5038H2930H615328Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. They are unclean for you.H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H293129"'Of the animals that move about on the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,H2931H8318H8317H776H2467H5909H6632H432730the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.H604H3581H3911H2546H858031Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.H2931H8318H5060H4194H2930H615332When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.H4194H5307H2930H3627H6086H899H5785H8242H3627H4399H6213H935H4325H2930H6153H289133If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.H2789H3627H5307H8432H2930H766534Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk from it is unclean.H400H398H4325H935H2930H4945H8354H3627H293035Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.H5038H5307H2930H8574H3600H5422H2931H293136A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.H4599H953H4723H4325H2889H5060H5038H293037If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.H5038H5307H2221H2233H2232H288938But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.H4325H5414H2233H5038H5307H293139"'If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean till evening.H929H402H4191H5060H5038H2930H615340Anyone who eats some of the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.H398H5038H3526H899H2930H6153H5375H5038H3526H899H2930H615341"'Every creature that moves about on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.H8318H8317H776H8263H39842You are not to eat any creature that moves about on the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is detestable.H1980H1512H1980H702H7235H7272H8318H8317H776H398H826343Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.H8262H5315H8262H8318H8317H2933H293044I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.H3068H430H6942H6918H6918H2930H5315H8318H7430H77645I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.H3068H5927H776H4714H430H6918H691846"'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground.H8451H929H5775H2416H5315H7430H4325H5315H8317H77647You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'"H914H2931H2889H2416H398H2416H398