Leviticus 11:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ “‘Of the animals that live in the sea or in a river, if the animal has fins and scales, you may eat it [^Cconsidered a normal aquatic creature]. ¹⁰ But whatever lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales—including the things that ·fill [swarm] the water and all other things that live in it—·you should hate [^Lthey are detestable/abominable]. ¹¹ You must not eat any meat from them or even touch their dead bodies, because ·you should hate them [^Lthey are detestable/abominable to you].