Leviticus 11:1-31

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Leviticus 11:1-31

Clean and Unclean Land Animals

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1} The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ^{Tools
2} “Tell the Israelites: You may eat^(A) all these kinds of land animals.^(B) ^{Tools
3} You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. ^{Tools
4} But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

the camel,^(C) though it chews the cud,
does not have divided hooves—it is unclean for you;

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the hyrax,^(a)^(D) though it chews the cud,
does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;

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the hare, though it chews the cud,
does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;

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the pig, though it has divided hooves,
does not chew the cud—it is unclean for you.

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8} Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses—they are unclean for you.^(E)

Clean and Unclean Aquatic Animals

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9} “This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams. ^{Tools
10} But these are to be detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures^(F) in the water. ^{Tools
11} They are to remain detestable to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. ^{Tools
12} Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be detestable to you.

Unclean Birds

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13} “You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable:

the eagle,^(b)^(G) the bearded^(c) vulture,
the black vulture,^(d)

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the kite,^(e)
any kind of falcon,^(f)^(H)

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every kind of raven,

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the ostrich,^(g)
the short-eared owl,^(h) the gull,⁽ⁱ⁾
any kind of hawk,^(I)

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the little^(j) owl, the cormorant,^(k)
the long-eared owl,^(l)^(J)

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the white^(m) owl, the desert owl,⁽ⁿ⁾^(K)
the osprey,^(o)

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the stork,^(p)
any kind of heron,^(q)
the hoopoe, and the bat.

Clean and Unclean Flying Insects

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20} “All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. ^{Tools
21} But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. ^{Tools
22} You may eat these:

any kind of locust,^(L) katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

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23} All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.

Purification after Touching Dead Animals

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24} “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean^(M) until evening, ^{Tools
25} and whoever carries any of their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.^(N) ^{Tools
26} All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean. ^{Tools
27} All the four-footed animals^(O) that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, ^{Tools
28} and anyone who carries their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

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29} “These creatures that swarm^(P) on the ground are unclean for you:

the weasel,^(r) the mouse,^(Q)
any kind of large lizard,^(s)

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the gecko, the monitor lizard,^(t)
the common lizard,^(u) the skink,^(v)
and the chameleon.^(w)

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31} These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.

Footnotes:

a. Leviticus 11:5: A rabbit-like animal

b. Leviticus 11:13: Or griffon-vulture

c. Leviticus 11:13: Or black

d. Leviticus 11:13: Or the osprey, or the bearded vulture

e. Leviticus 11:14: Or hawk

f. Leviticus 11:14: Or buzzards, or hawks

g. Leviticus 11:16: Or eagle owl

h. Leviticus 11:16: Or the night hawk, or the screech owl

i. Leviticus 11:16: Or long-eared owl

j. Leviticus 11:17: Or tawny

k. Leviticus 11:17: Or fisher owl, or pelican

l. Leviticus 11:17: Or the ibis

m. Leviticus 11:18: Or little

n. Leviticus 11:18: Or the pelican, or the horned owl

o. Leviticus 11:18: Or Egyptian vulture

p. Leviticus 11:19: Or heron

q. Leviticus 11:19: Or cormorant, or hawk

r. Leviticus 11:29: Or mole rat, or rat

s. Leviticus 11:29: Or of thorn-tailed or dabb lizard, or of crocodile

t. Leviticus 11:30: Or the spotted lizard, or the chameleon

u. Leviticus 11:30: Or the gecko, or the newt, or the salamander

v. Leviticus 11:30: Or sand lizard, or newt, or snail

w. Leviticus 11:30: Or salamander, or mole

Cross references:

A. Leviticus 11:2: Leviticus 11:1-23; Deuteronomy 14:3-21; Daniel 1:3-16; Acts 10:9-16; Acts 11:3; Romans 14:2

B. Leviticus 11:2: Deuteronomy 14:4-21; Acts 10:9-16; Romans 14:14

C. Leviticus 11:4: Genesis 24:64; Genesis 31:34; Deuteronomy 14:7; Jeremiah 2:23; Matthew 19:24; Matthew 23:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25

D. Leviticus 11:5: Deuteronomy 14:7; Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26

E. Leviticus 11:8: Leviticus 7:21; Leviticus 11:24-27; Isaiah 52:11; 2 Corinthians 6:17

F. Leviticus 11:10: Genesis 1:20; Genesis 2:19; Leviticus 11:46

G. Leviticus 11:13: Deuteronomy 14:12; Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 32:11; Proverbs 23:5; Isaiah 40:31

H. Leviticus 11:14: Deuteronomy 14:13; Job 28:7

I. Leviticus 11:16: Deuteronomy 14:15; Job 39:26

J. Leviticus 11:17: Deuteronomy 14:16

K. Leviticus 11:18: Deuteronomy 14:17; Psalm 102:6; Isaiah 34:11

L. Leviticus 11:22: Deuteronomy 28:38

M. Leviticus 11:24: Ezekiel 22:3-4; Ezekiel 23:17; Ezekiel 44:25; Haggai 2:13

N. Leviticus 11:25: Leviticus 16:28; Leviticus 17:15-16; Leviticus 22:6; Numbers 19:7-10

O. Leviticus 11:27: Revelation 18:2

P. Leviticus 11:29: Exodus 8:3

Q. Leviticus 11:29: Isaiah 66:17