Clean and Unclean Animals (Deuteronomy 14:1–21; Acts 10:9–16)
1 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, BSB BSB: The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
2 ULT “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying,‘This{ is} the living thing that you shall eat from all the beasts that{ are} on the earth. BSB BSB: “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
3 ULT Anything dividing a hoof and splitting the cleft of hooves, making the cud go up among the livestock— you shall eat it. BSB BSB: You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
4 ULT However, this you shall not eat from the ones that are making the cud go up or from the ones that are dividing a hoof: the camel, because it is making the cud go up, but a hoof it is not dividing. It{ is} unclean to you. BSB BSB: 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.
5 ULT And the rock badger, because it is making the cud go up but it does not divide a hoof, it{ is} unclean to you. BSB BSB: The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
6 ULT And the rabbit, because it is making the cud go up, but it does not divide a hoof, it{ is} unclean to you. BSB BSB: The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
8 ULT You shall not eat from their meat and you shall not touch their carcasses. They{ are} unclean to you. BSB BSB: You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9 ULT This you shall eat from everything that is in the water: everything that is to it fins and scales in the water, in the seas, and in the rivers— them you shall eat. BSB BSB: 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.
10 ULT But everything that there is not to it fins and scales in the seas or in the rivers, from every swarming thing of the water and from every life of a living thing that is in the water— they are a detestable thing to you. BSB BSB: 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.
11 ULT And they shall be a detestable thing to you. You shall not eat from their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses. BSB BSB: They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
12 ULT Everything that there is not to it fins or scales in the water— it{ is} a detestable thing to you. BSB BSB: Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
13 ULT And these you shall detest from the bird. They shall not be eaten; they{ are} a detestable thing: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard BSB BSB: 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,
14 ULT and the kite and the falcon of its kind, BSB BSB: the kite, any kind of falcon,
15 ULT any raven of its kind BSB BSB: any kind of raven,
16 ULT and the daughter of clamor and the owl and the gull and the hawk of its kind BSB BSB: the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
17 ULT and the little owl and the cormorant and the big owl BSB BSB: the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
18 ULT and the waterhen and the pelican and the ibis BSB BSB: the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
19 ULT and the stork, the heron of its kind and the hoopoe and the bat. BSB BSB: the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 ULT Every swarming thing of the wing, the one walking on four— it{ is} a detestable thing to you. BSB BSB: All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
21 ULT However, this you shall eat from every swarming thing of the wing, the one walking on four: that which to it{ are} legs from above to its feet to jump with them on the earth. BSB BSB: 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.
22 ULT These from them you shall eat: the locust of its kind and the bald locust of its kind and the cricket of its kind and the grasshopper of its kind. BSB BSB: Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
23 ULT But every swarming thing of the wing that to it{ are} four feet— it{ is} a detestable thing to you. BSB BSB: All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
24 ULT And by these, you will make yourselves unclean. Anyone who touches their carcasses will become unclean until the evening, BSB BSB: These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
25 ULT and anyone lifting{ one} of their carcasses shall wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until the evening. BSB BSB: and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
26 ULT To any livestock that it{ is} dividing the hoof, but it is not splitting the cleft, and it is not making the cud go up— they{ are} unclean to you. Anyone who touches them will become unclean. BSB BSB: 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.
27 ULT And anything walking on its palms among any living thing, the ones walking on four— they{ are} unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcasses will become unclean until the evening. BSB BSB: All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
28 ULT And the one who lifts their carcasses shall wash his clothes and he will become unclean until the evening. They{ are} unclean to you. BSB BSB: and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
29 ULT And these{ are} unclean to you among the swarming things, the ones that swarm on the earth: the rat and the mouse and the large lizard of its kind BSB BSB: The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
30 ULT and the gecko and the monitor lizard and the lizard and the skink and the chameleon. BSB BSB: the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
31 ULT These{ are} unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they are dead will become unclean until the evening. BSB BSB: These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
32 ULT And anything on which{ one} from them falls when they are dead will become unclean, from any vessel of wood or cloth or leather or sackcloth— any vessel that work is done with them shall be brought into the water, and it will be unclean until the evening. Then it will be clean. BSB BSB: 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.
33 ULT And any vessel of clay that{ one} from them falls into its midst— everything that{ is} in its midst will become unclean, and you shall break it. BSB BSB: If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
34 ULT Any food that is eaten that{ such} water comes onto, it will become unclean. And any drink that is drunk from any vessel will become unclean, BSB BSB: Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
35 ULT and anything on which{ one} of their carcasses falls will become unclean. An oven or stove shall be smashed. They{ are} unclean and they shall be unclean to you. BSB BSB: 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.
36 ULT Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern, a collection of water, shall be clean, but the one touching their carcass will become unclean. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
37 ULT But when{ part} of their carcass falls on any seed, a sown seed that will be sown, it{ is} clean. BSB BSB: If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
38 ULT But when water is put on seed, and{ a} carcass of theirs falls onto it, it{ is} unclean to you. BSB BSB: but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 ULT But when{ one} from the livestock that it{ is} to you to eat dies, the one touching its carcass will become unclean until the evening. BSB BSB: If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
40 ULT And the one eating from its carcass shall wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until the evening. And the one lifting its carcass shall wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until the evening. BSB BSB: 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.
41 ULT And every swarming thing, the one swarming on the ground— it{ is} a detestable thing. It shall not be eaten. BSB BSB: Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
42 ULT Everything going on a belly and anything walking on four up to anything multiplying feet, of any swarming thing, the one swarming on the earth, you shall not eat them, because they{ are} a detestable thing. BSB BSB: Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
43 ULT You shall not make your lives detestable with any swarming thing, the one swarming. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with them and be made unclean by them. BSB BSB: Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
44 ULT For I{ am} Yahweh your God. And you shall make yourselves holy, and you shall be holy{ people}, because I{ am} holy. And you shall not make your lives unclean with any swarming thing, the one crawling on the earth. BSB BSB: 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.
45 ULT For I{ am} Yahweh, the one bringing you up from the land of Egypt to be God for you. And you shall be holy{ people}, for I{ am} holy. BSB BSB: 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.
46 ULT This{ is} the law of the livestock and the bird and every life of the living thing, the ones swarming in the water, and of every life, the ones crawling on the earth, BSB BSB: This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
47 ULT to separate between the unclean and between the clean and between the living thing, the one being eaten, and between the living thing that shall not be eaten.’” BSB BSB: You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
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