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¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them.² Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye may eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.³ Whatever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that shall ye eat.⁴ Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean to you.⁵ And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean to you.⁶ And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he [is] unclean to you.⁷ And the swine, though he divideth the hoof, and [is] cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.⁸ Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.

⁹ These shall ye eat, of all that [are] in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.¹⁰ And all that have not fins nor scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living animal which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination to you:¹¹ They shall be even an abomination to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination.¹² Whatever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination to you.¹³ And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,¹⁴ And the vultur, and the kite after his kind;¹⁵ Every raven after his kind;¹⁶ And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,¹⁷ And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,¹⁸ And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle,¹⁹ And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

²⁰ All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination to you.²¹ Yet these may ye eat, of every flying creeping animal that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with 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 beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.²³ But all [other] flying creeping animals, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination to you.²⁴ And for these ye shall be unclean: whoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.²⁵ And whoever beareth [aught] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.²⁶ [The carcasses] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean to you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.²⁷ And whatever goeth upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean to you: whoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.²⁸ And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they [are] unclean to you.²⁹ These also [shall be] unclean to you among the creeping animals that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise, after its kind,³⁰ And the ferret and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.³¹ These [are] unclean to you among all that creep: whoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.³² And upon whatever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it is] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel [it is], in which [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed.³³ And every earthen vessel, into which [any] of them falleth, whatever [is] in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.³⁴ Of all meat which may be eaten, [that] on which [such] water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drank in every [such] vessel, shall be unclean.³⁵ And every [thing] on which [any part] of their carcass falleth, shall be unclean; [whether] an oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: [for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean to you.³⁶ Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, [in which there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.³⁷ And if [any part] of their carcass shall fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.³⁸ But if [any] water shall be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcass shall fall on it, it [shall be] unclean to you.³⁹ And if any beast, of which ye may eat, shall die; he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.⁴⁰ And he that eateth of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; he also that beareth its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.⁴¹ And every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten.⁴² Whatever goeth upon the belly, and whatever goeth upon [all] four, or whatever hath more feet among all creeping animals that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.

⁴³ Ye shall not make your selves abominable with any creeping animal that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled by them.⁴⁴ For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth.⁴⁵ For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you 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 beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;⁴⁷ To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.