1And YAHUAH spake unto Mosheh and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Yisrael, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye
shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [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: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not
the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is]
unclean unto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is]
unclean unto you.
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth
not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they
[are] unclean to you.
9 These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever 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 and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all
that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they
[shall be] an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh,
but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an
abomination unto 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 vulture, 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, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto
you.
21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all]
four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald
locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after
his kind.
23 But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an
abomination unto you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them
shall be unclean until the even.
25 And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even.
26 [The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean.
27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on
[all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be
unclean until the even.
28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: they [are] unclean unto you.
29 These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep
upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his 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: whosoever doth touch them,
when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
32 And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be
unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack,
whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto [any] of them falleth, whatsoever [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 drunk in every [such] vessel shall be
unclean.
35 And every [thing] whereupon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be
unclean; [whether it be] oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down:
[for] they [are] unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be
clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 And if [any part] of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be
sown, it [shall be] clean.
38 But if [any] water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall
thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you.
39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase
thereof shall be unclean until the even.
40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or
whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth,
them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination.
43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth,
neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled
thereby.
44 For I [am] YAHUAH your YAHUAH: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye
shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any
manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45 For I [am] YAHUAH that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your
YAHUAH: 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.