'Except' in the Bible

The carcass of an animal that died of its own and an animal torn by wild beast may be used for any purpose except for eating.

except you are not to eat the following animals that have divided hooves or ruminate their cud: the camel (because it chews the cud but doesn't have divided hooves, it is to be unclean for you),

except his close relatives his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or