1 Y ahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 “ Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

“Say to the people of Israel, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals on the earth.

3 W hatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

You may eat any animal that has hard and divided feet and chews its food again.

4 “ ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

But among those which chew their food again or have feet that are hard and divided, do not eat the camel. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you.

5 T he cony, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

Do not eat the rock badger. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you.

6 T he hare, because she chews the cud but doesn’t part the hoof, she is unclean to you.

Do not eat the rabbit. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you.

7 T he pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, he is unclean to you.

And do not eat the pig. For it has feet that are hard and divided, but it does not chew its food again. It is unclean to you.

8 O f their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

Do not eat their flesh or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean to you.

9 “ ‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

‘These you may eat, of all that are in the water. You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, in the seas or in the rivers.

10 A ll that don’t have 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 to you,

But whatever is in the seas and rivers that does not have fins and scales, among all the living things moving in the water, are to be hated by you.

11 a nd you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

You will hate them. You may not eat their meat, and you will hate their dead bodies.

12 W hatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.

Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales will be hated by you.

13 “ ‘These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,

‘These you will hate among the birds. They are hated and not to be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

14 a nd the red kite, any kind of black kite,

the kite, every kind of falcon,

15 a ny kind of raven,

every kind of raven,

16 t he horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,

the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk,

17 t he little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

the little owl, the cormorant, the big owl,

18 t he white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

the white owl, the pelican, the vulture that eats dead flesh,

19 t he stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

the stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

20 “ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.

‘All bugs with wings and that walk on all fours are to be hated by you.

21 Y et you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.

But you may eat, among all the bugs with wings and that walk on all fours, those which have legs above their feet that allow them to jump on the ground.

22 E ven of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

You may eat every kind of locust, every kind of destroying locust, every kind of cricket, and every kind of grasshopper.

23 B ut all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.

But you are to hate all other bugs with wings and four feet.

24 “ ‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

‘If you touch these you will be unclean. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

25 W hoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

And whoever picks up any of their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

26 “ ‘Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

Every animal that has a parted foot but not a divided foot, or that does not eat its food again, is unclean to you. Whoever touches them will be unclean.

27 W hatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

Whatever walks on its soft feet, among all the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

28 H e who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

And he who picks up their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. They are unclean to you.

29 “ ‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

‘These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you: the mole, the mouse, every kind of big lizard,

30 t he gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

31 T hese are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

32 O n whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.

And anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead will be unclean. Each piece of wood or clothing or skin or bag or anything used as you work, must be put in water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean.

33 E very earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

If any falls into a clay pot, whatever is in the pot will be unclean. You should break the pot.

34 A ll food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean. And anything which could be drunk from any such pot will be unclean.

35 E verything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

Everything on which part of their dead body may fall will be unclean. A stove or a place for pots must be broken. They are unclean to you.

36 N evertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

But a well or a place holding water will be clean. But whoever touches a dead body will be unclean.

37 I f part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

If a part of their dead body falls on any seed which is to be planted, it is clean.

38 B ut if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

But if water is put on the seed, and a body falls on it, it is unclean to you.

39 “ ‘If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

‘If one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening.

40 H e who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

He who eats some of the dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

41 “ ‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.

‘Anything that moves around on the ground in large numbers is hated and is not to be eaten.

42 W hatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

You should not eat whatever moves on its stomach, or goes on four feet, or has many feet, among all the things that move around on the ground in large numbers. For they are hated.

43 Y ou shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.

Do not make yourselves unclean by any of the small living things that move together on the ground, so you become unclean.

44 F or I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

For I am the Lord your God. So set yourselves apart, and be holy. For I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean with any of the small living things that move together in large numbers on the ground.

45 F or I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

For I am the Lord Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.’”

46 “ ‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

This is the Law of the animal, the bird, every living thing that moves in the water, and everything that moves on the ground.

47 t o 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.’”

It is so you know the difference between those that are clean and those that are unclean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.