Leviticus 11

Revised Geneva Translation

11 Afterward, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the Earth:

³ ‘Whatever parts the hoof among the animals, and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, that shall you eat.

⁴ ‘But of those that chew the cud and divide the hoof, you shall not eat these. The camel, because it chews the cud and does not divide the hoof, shall be unclean to you.

⁵ ‘Likewise, the rock badger, because it chews the cud and does not divide the hoof, shall be unclean to you.

⁶ ‘Also the hare, because it chews the cud and does not divide the hoof, shall be unclean to you.

⁷ ‘And the swine, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you.

⁸ ‘Of their flesh you shall not eat. And their carcass you shall not touch. They shall be unclean to you.

⁹ ‘Of all that are in the waters, you shall eat these: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, or in the rivers, you shall eat.

¹⁰ ‘But all that do not have fins or scales, in the seas or in the rivers—of all that moves in the waters and of all living things that are in the waters—they shall be an abomination to you.

¹¹ ‘They, I say, shall be an abomination to you. You shall not eat of their flesh but shall abhor their carcass.

¹² ‘Whatever in the waters that does not have fins or scales shall be abomination to you.

¹³ ‘Also, you shall hold these in abomination among the birds. They shall not be eaten. They are an abomination: the eagle and the goshawk and the osprey,

¹⁴ ‘and the vulture, and the kite (after its kind),

¹⁵ ‘the ravens (after their kind),

¹⁶ ‘the ostrich, and the night-crow, and the seamew, and the hawk (after its kind),

¹⁷ ‘and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

¹⁸ ‘the redshank, and the pelican, and the swan,

¹⁹ ‘the stork, the heron (after its kind), and the lapwing, and the bat,

²⁰ ‘and every insect that creeps and goes upon all fours. Such shall be an abomination to you.

²¹ ‘Of these you shall still eat: every insect that creeps and goes upon all fours which have their feet and legs all of one, with which to leap upon the Earth.

²² ‘Of those you shall eat these: the locust (after its kind) and the winged locust (after its kind), the beetle (after its kind), and the grasshopper (after its kind).

²³ ‘But all other insects which creep and have four feet shall be abomination to you.

²⁴ ‘For by such you shall be polluted. Whoever touches the carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁵ ‘Also, whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

²⁶ ‘Every animal that has divided claws, and is not cloven-footed or chews the cud, shall be unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

²⁷ ‘And whatever goes upon its paws among all types of animals that go on all fours shall be unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until evening.

²⁸ ‘And he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Such shall be unclean to you.

²⁹ ‘Also, these shall be unclean to you among the things that creep and move upon the Earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the frog (after its kind),

³⁰ ‘the rat, and the lizard, and the chameleon, and the snail, and the mole.

³¹ ‘These shall be unclean to you among all that creeps. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

³² ‘Also, whatever any of the dead carcasses falls upon shall be unclean, be it a vessel of wood or raiment or skin or sack. Whatever vessel it is that is used shall be put in the water as unclean until the evening and be purified.

³³ ‘But every earthen vessel wherein any of them falls, whatever is within it shall be unclean. And you shall break it.

³⁴ ‘Also, all food that shall be eaten (if any such water comes upon it) shall be unclean. And all drink that shall be drunk in all such vessels shall be unclean.

³⁵ ‘And everything that their carcass falls upon shall be unclean. The furnace, or the pot, shall be broken. They are unclean and shall be unclean to you.

³⁶ ‘Yet the fountains and wells where there is plenty of water shall be clean. But that which touches their carcasses shall be unclean.

³⁷ ‘And if the dead carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

³⁸ ‘But if any water is poured upon the seed, and the dead carcass falls on it, it shall be unclean to you.

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

⁴⁰ ‘And he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. Also, he who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

⁴¹ ‘Therefore, every creeping thing that creeps upon the Earth shall be an abomination, not to be eaten.

⁴² ‘Whatever goes upon its belly and whatever goes upon all fours, or that has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the Earth, you shall not eat of them. They shall be abomination.

⁴³ ‘You shall not pollute yourselves with anything that creeps, nor make yourselves unclean with them, nor defile yourselves by them. You shall not, I say, be defiled by them.

⁴⁴ ‘For I am the LORD your God. Be sanctified, therefore, and be holy. For I am holy. And do not defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps upon the Earth.

⁴⁵ ‘For I am the LORD Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy. For I am holy.

⁴⁶ ‘This is the law of beasts and of birds and of every living thing that moves in the waters and of everything that creeps upon the Earth,

⁴⁷ ‘so that there may be a difference between the unclean and clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that ought not to be eaten.’”