CHAPTER 11
But
of those
that chew
the cud
or have split
hooves,
you are not
to eat
the following:
The camel,
though
it
chews
the cud,
does not
have a split
hoof;
it
is unclean
for you.
Of all the creatures
that live
in the water,
whether salt water
or fresh water,
you may eat
any
that
have fins
and scales.
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.
They shall be
an abomination
to you;
you must not
eat
their meat,
and you must detest
their carcasses.
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,
However,
you may eat
the following
kinds of
winged
creatures
that walk
on
all fours:
those having jointed legs
above
their feet
for hopping
on
the ground—
These creatures
will make you unclean.
Whoever
touches
their carcasses
will be unclean
until
evening,
and whoever
picks up
one of their carcasses
must wash
his clothes,
and he will be unclean
until
evening.
All
animals
that
have hooves
that are split
but not
completely divided
and do not
chew
the cud
are unclean for you.
Whoever touches
them
will be unclean.
All
the four-footed
animals
that walk
on
their paws
are unclean for you;
whoever
touches
their carcasses
will be unclean
until
evening,
and anyone who picks up
a carcass
must wash
his clothes,
and he will be unclean
until
evening.
They
are unclean for you.
The following
creatures
that move
along
the ground
are unclean for you:
the mole,
the mouse,
any kind
of great lizard,
These animals
are unclean
for you among all
the crawling creatures.
Whoever
touches
them
when they are dead
shall be unclean
until
evening.
When
one of
them dies
and falls
on
something,
it 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.
Any
edible
food
coming
into contact
with water from that pot
will be unclean,
and anything
drinkable
in such a
container
will be unclean.
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.
Nevertheless,
a spring
or cistern
containing
water
will remain
clean,
but one who touches
a carcass in it
will be unclean.
If
an
animal
that
you
may eat
dies,
anyone who touches
the carcass
will be unclean
until
evening.
Anyone who 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.
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.
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.
For
I
am the LORD,
who brought you up
out of the land
of Egypt
to be
your God;
therefore be
holy,
because
I
am holy.
This
is the law
regarding animals,
birds,
all
living
creatures
that move
in the water,
and all
creatures
that crawl
along
the ground.
You must distinguish
between
the unclean
and the clean,
between
animals
that may be eaten
and those
that
may not.”