Lev 11
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
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Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you may
eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
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Whatever parts the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts,
that may you eat.
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Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part
the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but parts not the hoof, he is unclean
to you.
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And the coney, because he chews the cud but parts not the hoof, he is unclean to you.
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And the hare, because she chews the cud but parts not the hoof, she is unclean to
you.
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And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but chews not the cud,
he is unclean to you.
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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are
unclean to you.
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These may you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the
waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may you eat.
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And all that have not 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,
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and they shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, and their
carcasses you shall have in abomination.
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Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
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And these you shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
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and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
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every raven after its kind,
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and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,
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and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
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and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,
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and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
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All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination to you.
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Yet these may you eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which
have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.
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Even these of them you may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after
its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
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But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
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And by these you shall become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be
unclean until the even;
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And whoever bears [anything] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even.
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Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor chews the cud, is unclean
to you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.
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And whatever goes upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean
to you: whoso touches their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
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And he who bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until
the even: they are unclean to you.
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And these are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon
the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,
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and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the
chameleon.
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These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them,
when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
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And upon whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean;
whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it
be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean
until the even; then shall it be clean.
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And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be
unclean, and it you shall break.
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All food [therein] 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.
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And every thing whereupon [any 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.
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Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but
that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
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And if [anything] of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown,
it is clean.
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But if water be put upon the seed, and [anything] of their carcass fall thereon, it
is unclean to you.
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And if any beast, of which you may eat, die; he who touches its carcass shall
be unclean until the even.
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And he who eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until
the even: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even.
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And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not
be eaten.
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Whatever goes upon the belly, and whatever goes upon all fours, or whatever has many
feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat;
for they are an abomination.
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You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither
shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.
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For I am YHWH your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy; for I am holy:
neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon
the earth.
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For I am YHWH that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall
therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves
in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth;
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to 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.