Leviticus Chapter 11

• Leviticus 11:1
  Leviticus.
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  The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
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  “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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  Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
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  “‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have...
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  The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
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  The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
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  The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.
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  You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
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  “‘You may eat of all these that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
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  All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are...
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  and you shall detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.
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  Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters is an abomination to you.
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  “‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
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  the red kite, any kind of black kite,
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  any kind of raven,
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  the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
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  the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
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  the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
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  the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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  “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
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  Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth.
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  Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
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  But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.
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  “‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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  Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
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  “‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be un...
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  Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the e...
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  He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
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  “‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
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  the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
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  These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
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  Anything they fall on when they are dead shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, wit...
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  Every earthen vessel into which any of them falls and all that is in it shall be unclean. You shall break it.
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  All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
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  Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean, an...
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  Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
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  If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
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  But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
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  “‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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  He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be un...
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  “‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
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  Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shal...
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  You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defi...
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  For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing...
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  For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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  “‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the eart...
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  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.’”