111 The Lord spoke again to Moses and to Aaron , saying to them, 2 "Speak to the sons of Israel , saying , ' These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth . 3 'Whatever divides a hoof , thus making split hoofs , and chews the cud , among the animals , that you may eat . 4 'Nevertheless , you are not to eat of these , among those which chew the cud , or among those which divide the hoof : the camel , for though it chews cud , it does not divide the hoof , it is unclean to you. 5 'Likewise, the shaphan , for though it chews cud , it does not divide the hoof , it is unclean to you; 6 the rabbit also, for though it chews cud , it does not divide the hoof , it is unclean to you; 7 and the pig , for though it divides the hoof , thus making a split hoof , it does not chew cud , it is unclean to you. 8 'You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses ; they are unclean to you.
9 ' These you may eat , whatever e is in the water : all that have fins and scales , those in the water , in the seas or in the rivers , you may eat . 10 ' But whatever e is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water , and among all the living creatures that are in the water , they are detestable things to you, 11 and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh , and their carcasses you shall detest . 12 'Whatever e in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you. 13 'These , moreover, you shall detest among the birds ; they are abhorrent , not to be eaten : the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard , 14 and the kite and the falcon in its kind , 15 every raven in its kind , 16 and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind , 17 and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl , 18 and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture , 19 and the stork , the heron in its kinds , and the hoopoe , and the bat .
20 'All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21 'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours : those which have above e their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth . 22 'These of them you may eat : the locust in its kinds , and the devastating locust in its kinds , and the cricket in its kinds , and the grasshopper in its kinds . 23 'But all other winged insects which are four-footed e are detestable to you. 24 'By these , moreover, you will be made unclean : whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening , 25 and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening . 26 'Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud , they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean . 27 'Also whatever walks on its paws , among all the creatures that walk on all fours , are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening , 28 and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening ; they are unclean to you. 29 'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth : the mole , and the mouse , and the great lizard in its kinds , 30 and the gecko , and the crocodile , and the lizard , and the sand reptile , and the chameleon . 31 'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things ; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening . 32 'Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean , including any wooden article , or clothing , or a skin , or a sack -any article of which use is made - it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening , then it becomes clean . 33 'As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall , whatever e is in it becomes unclean and you shall break the vessel. 34 'Any e of the food which may be eaten , on which water comes , shall become unclean , and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean . 35 'Everything , moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean ; an oven or a stove shall be smashed ; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. 36 'Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean , though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean . 37 'If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown , it is clean . 38 'Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. 39 'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food , the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening . 40 ' He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening , and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening . 41 ' Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable , not to be eaten . 42 'Whatever crawls on its belly , and whatever walks on all fours , whatever has many feet , in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth , you shall not eat them, for they are detestable .
43 ' Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm ; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean . 44 'For I am the Lord your God . Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy , for I am holy . And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth . 45 ' For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God ; thus you shall be holy , for I am holy .' " 46 This is the law regarding the animal and the bird , and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth , 47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean , and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten .
