Thematic Bible
Leviticus 11:1 (show verse)
And LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Leviticus 11:2 (show verse)
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Leviticus 11:3 (show verse)
Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
Leviticus 11:4 (show verse)
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:5 (show verse)
And the coney, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:6 (show verse)
And the hare, because she chews the cud but does not part the hoof, she is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:7 (show verse)
And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:8 (show verse)
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch, they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:9 (show verse)
These may ye 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 ye eat.
Leviticus 11:10 (show verse)
And all that have no 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,
Leviticus 11:11 (show verse)
and they shall be an abomination to you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.
Leviticus 11:12 (show verse)
Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:13 (show verse)
And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,
Leviticus 11:14 (show verse)
and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
Leviticus 11:15 (show verse)
every raven after its kind,
Leviticus 11:16 (show verse)
and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind,
Leviticus 11:17 (show verse)
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Leviticus 11:18 (show verse)
and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,
Leviticus 11:19 (show verse)
and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Leviticus 11:20 (show verse)
All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:21 (show verse)
Yet these ye may eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to leap upon the earth,
Leviticus 11:22 (show verse)
even these of them ye 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.
Leviticus 11:23 (show verse)
But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination to you,
Leviticus 11:24 (show verse)
and by these ye shall become unclean. Whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:25 (show verse)
And whoever bears [any] of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:26 (show verse)
Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:27 (show verse)
And whatever goes upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:28 (show verse)
And he who bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:29 (show verse)
And these are those 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,
Leviticus 11:30 (show verse)
and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
Leviticus 11:31 (show verse)
These are those which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:32 (show verse)
And upon whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean, whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack. Whatever vessel it be, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shal
Leviticus 11:33 (show verse)
And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and ye shall break it.
Leviticus 11:34 (show verse)
All food 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.
Leviticus 11:35 (show verse)
And everything upon which [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.
Leviticus 11:36 (show verse)
Nevertheless a fountain or a pit in which is a gathering of water shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:37 (show verse)
And if [any] of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
Leviticus 11:38 (show verse)
But if water is put upon the seed, and [any] of their carcass falls in it, it is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:39 (show verse)
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, dies, he who touches the carcass of it shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:40 (show verse)
And he who eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 11:41 (show verse)
And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 11:42 (show verse)
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 ye shall not eat, for they are an abomination.
Leviticus 11:43 (show verse)
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled by it.
Leviticus 11:44 (show verse)
For I am LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, since I am holy. Neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:45 (show verse)
For I am LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 11:46 (show verse)
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,
Leviticus 11:47 (show verse)
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.