| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things
which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever
parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the
beasts, that may ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them
that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he
cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 5 And
the coney, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean
unto you. 6 And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the
hoof, she is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, because he parteth the
hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.
8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch;
they are unclean unto you.
9 These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and
scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers,
of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in
the waters, they are an abomination unto you, 11 and they shall be an
abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye
shall have in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the
waters, that is an abomination unto you.
13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not
be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the
ospray, 14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind, 15 every raven
after its kind, 16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew,
and the hawk after its kind, 17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and
the great owl, 18 and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,
19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the
bat.
20 All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination
unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go
upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the
earth. 22 Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and
the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the
grasshopper after its kind. 23 But all winged creeping things, which have
four feet, are an abomination unto you.
24 And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of
them shall be unclean until the even; 25 And whosoever beareth
aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even. 26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws,
among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso
toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that
beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the
even: they are unclean unto you.
29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things
that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard
after its kind, 30 and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard,
and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are they which are
unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are
dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them,
when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel
of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any
work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the
even; then shall it be clean. 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any
of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.
34 All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water
cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every
such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any
part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range
for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be
unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a
gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass
shall be unclean. 37 And if aught of their carcass fall upon any
sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. 38 But if water be put upon
the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto
you.
39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of
the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he
also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even.
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an
abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly,
and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all
creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they
are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any
creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with
them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am Jehovah your God:
sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall
ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the
earth. 45 For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon
the earth; 47 to 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.
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