1And Yehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that you may eat. 4Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. 5And the rock badger, because he chews the cud but does not part the hoof, he is unclean to you. 6And the hare, because she chews the cud but does not part the hoof, she is unclean to you. 7And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud, he is unclean to you. 8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you. 9These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat. 10And all that do not have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you, 11and they shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination. 12Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you. 13And these you shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey, 14and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind, 15every raven according to its kind, 16and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea gull, and the hawk according to its kind, 17and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, 19and the stork, the heron according to its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 20All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination to you. 21Yet these you may eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to leap upon the earth; 22even these of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, and the bald locust according to its kind, and the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind. 23But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination to you. 24And by these you shall become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening; 25and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. 26Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you: everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27And whatever goes upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 28And he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you. 29And these are those which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard according to its kind, 30and the gecko, and the land crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31These are those which are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. 32And anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead, shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33And every earthen vessel into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. 34All food in it which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36Nevertheless a spring or a pit in which there is a gathering of water shall be clean: but what touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37And if any part of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. 38But if water is put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. 39And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40And 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 unclean until the evening. 41And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 42Whatever goes upon the belly, and whatever goes upon all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, you shall not eat them; for they are an abomination. 43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. 44For I am Yehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: nor shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves upon the earth. 45For I am Yehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth; 47to 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.