'Animals' in the Bible

“Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.

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.

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

“If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.

“This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,

in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”

Neither you nor a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”

All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.

I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy.

“If the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the Lord, the animal must be presented before the priest.