Leviticus 11 (UDB)

1Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses,The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

2"Tell the people that this is what I say: 'Of all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat.“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

3The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that chew their cud—you may eat these animals.You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4There are some animals that chew their cud but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cud. You must not eat any of those animals. For example, camels chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

5Rock badgers chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

6Rabbits chew their cud but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cud, so they are not acceptable for you to eat.And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

8All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9Of all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10But you must detest and not eat those that do not have fins and scales. That includes creatures that are very small.But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

11You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

12You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

13There are some birds that you must detest and not eat. They include eagles, vultures,Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14kites, any kind of falcon,the kite, any kind of falcon,

15any kind of raven,any kind of raven,

16horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, and any kind of hawk.the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

17They also include small owls, large owls, cormorants,the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18white owls, barn owls, ospreys,the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20You must detest and not eat flying insects that also walk on the ground.All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

21But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22They include locusts, katydids, crickets, and grasshoppers.Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

23But you must detest and not eat other insects with wings that have four legs.All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

24There are certain creatures that will make you unacceptable to me if you touch their carcasses. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

25Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cud. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes defiled.Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

28Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses makes you unacceptable to me.and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29Of all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that make you unacceptable if you touch them: Weasels, rats, any kind of big lizard,The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

30geckos, monitor lizards and other lizards, skinks, and chameleons.the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31The creatures that crawl along the ground make you unacceptable to me. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening.These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become defiled, whether it is made of wood, cloth, the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put the object into water. Then you must not use it until that evening.When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33If one of those unclean creatures falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot.If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

34If you pour water from that pot onto any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes defiled, even if the creature falls into an oven or a cooking pot. Anything that it falls on must be broken. It becomes unacceptable to me, and you must not use it again.Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

36If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me.Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

37If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

38But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on it, the seeds must be thrown away; you must regard them as unacceptable.but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39If an animal whose meat you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening.If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

41All creatures that crawl along the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl along, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

43Do not defile yourselves by eating any of those creatures. Be very careful about this.Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

44I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must set yourselves apart for my honor, and you must be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that crawl along on the ground.For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

45I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from being slaves in Egypt, in order that you might worship me. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

46Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or creep along on the ground.This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

47You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.'"You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

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