Leviticus 11:1 — Leviticus 11:23

1 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

3 Whatever has a divided hoof, that is, has its hoof split in two, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you may eat.

4 However these you shall not eat: of those that only chew the cud or of those that only have a divided hoof: the camel, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

5 And the hyrax, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

6 And the hare, for though it chews the cud, it does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean to you.

7 And the pig, for though it has a divided hoof, that is, it has its hoof split in two, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

8 You shall not eat of their flesh, nor shall you touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

9 These you may eat of all that are in the water: anything in the water that has fins and scales, in the seas or in the rivers; these you may eat.

10 But anything that does not have fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of anything that swarms in the waters and of any living animal which is in the waters, they are an abomination to you,

11 And they shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall regard as an abomination.

12 Anything in the water that does not have fins or scales is an abomination to you.

13 And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the great vulture and the bearded vulture and the black vulture

14 And the kite and the falcon of every kind,

15 Every raven of every kind,

16 And the ostrich and the nighthawk and the sea gull and the hawk of every kind,

17 And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl

18 And the screech owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture

19 And the stork; the heron of every kind and the hoopoe and the bat;

20 All flying insects that go on all fours are an abomination to you.

21 Yet these you may eat of all flying insects that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth;

22 These of them you may eat: the swarming locust of every kind and the swallowing locust of every kind and the cricket of every kind and the grasshopper of every kind.

23 But all the other flying insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.