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Leviticus 11:1-30

Leviticus 11:1-30 CSB

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: “Tell the Israelites: You may eat  all these kinds of land animals.  You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these: camels,  though they chew the cud, do not have divided hooves — they are unclean for you; hyraxes,  though they chew the cud, do not have hooves — they are unclean for you; hares, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves — they are unclean for you; pigs, though they have divided hooves, do not chew the cud — they are unclean for you. Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses — they are unclean for you.  “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. But these are to be abhorrent to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures  in the water. They are to remain abhorrent to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must abhor their carcasses. Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you. “You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent: eagles,  , bearded vultures, Egyptian vultures,  kites,  any kind of falcon,  , every kind of raven, ostriches,  short-eared owls, gulls,  any kind of hawk,  little  owls, cormorants,  long-eared owls,  , barn  owls, eagle owls,  , ospreys, storks,  any kind of heron,  hoopoes, and bats. “All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you. 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. You may eat these: any kind of locust,  katydid, cricket, and grasshopper. All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you. “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean  until evening, and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.  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, and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. “These creatures that swarm  on the ground are unclean for you: weasels,  mice,  any kind of large lizard,  geckos, monitor lizards,  common lizards,  skinks,  and chameleons. 

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