The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Say to the Israelites: 'Of all
the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: You
may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the
cud.
" '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. The coney, though
it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you. The
rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for
you. And the pig, though it has a split
hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You
must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for
you.
" 'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the
streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales.
But 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. And
since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest
their carcasses. Anything living in the water that does not have
fins and scales is to be detestable to you.
" 'These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because
they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red
kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl,
the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the
cormorant, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the
osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
" 'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be
detestable to you. There are, however, some winged creatures that walk
on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the
ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or
grasshopper. But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are
to detest.
" 'You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches
their carcasses will be unclean till evening. Whoever picks up one of
their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.
" '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. Of 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. Anyone who picks up their
carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. They are
unclean for you.
" 'Of the animals that move about on the ground, these are
unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the
gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.
Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever
touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening. When 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. If
one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you
must break the pot. Any 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. Anything
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. A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains
clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean. If a
carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.
But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean
for you.
" 'If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who
touches the carcass will be unclean till evening. Anyone 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.
" 'Every creature that moves about on the ground is detestable;
it is not to be eaten.
You 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. Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do
not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.
I 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. I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God;
therefore be holy, because I am holy.
" 'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every
living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on
the ground. You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean,
between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'
"
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