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Laws about Animals for Food |
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| Leviticus 11:1 |
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The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron,
saying to them, |
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| Leviticus 11:2 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'These
are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. |
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| Leviticus 11:3 |
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Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs,
and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. |
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| Leviticus 11:4 |
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Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among
those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for
though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:5 |
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Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud,
it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; |
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| Leviticus 11:6 |
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the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it
does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; |
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| Leviticus 11:7 |
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and the pig, for though it divides the hoof,
thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:8 |
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You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch
their carcasses; they are unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:9 |
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'These you may eat, whatever is in the water:
all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers,
you may eat. |
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| Leviticus 11:10 |
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But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers
that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and
among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things
to you, |
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| Leviticus 11:11 |
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and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may
not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest. |
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| Leviticus 11:12 |
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Whatever in the water does not have fins and
scales is abhorrent to you. |
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Avoid the Unclean |
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| Leviticus 11:13 |
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'These, moreover, you shall detest among the
birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the
buzzard, |
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| Leviticus 11:14 |
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and the kite and the falcon in its kind, |
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| Leviticus 11:15 |
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every raven in its kind, |
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| Leviticus 11:16 |
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and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull
and the hawk in its kind, |
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| Leviticus 11:17 |
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and the little owl and the cormorant and the
great owl, |
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| Leviticus 11:18 |
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and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion
vulture, |
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| Leviticus 11:19 |
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and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the
hoopoe, and the bat. |
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| Leviticus 11:20 |
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'All the winged insects that walk on all fours
are detestable to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:21 |
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Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects
which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which
to jump on the earth. |
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| Leviticus 11:22 |
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These of them you may eat: the locust in its
kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds,
and the grasshopper in its kinds. |
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| Leviticus 11:23 |
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But all other winged insects which are four-footed
are detestable to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:24 |
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'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean:
whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, |
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| Leviticus 11:25 |
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and whoever picks up any of their carcasses
shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. |
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| Leviticus 11:26 |
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Concerning all the animals which divide the
hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean
to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean. |
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| Leviticus 11:27 |
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Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the
creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses
becomes unclean until evening, |
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| Leviticus 11:28 |
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and the one who picks up their carcasses shall
wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:29 |
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'Now these are to you the unclean among the
swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great
lizard in its kinds, |
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| Leviticus 11:30 |
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and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard,
and the sand reptile, and the chameleon. |
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| Leviticus 11:31 |
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These are to you the unclean among all the swarming
things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening. |
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| Leviticus 11:32 |
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Also anything on which one of them may fall
when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing,
or a skin, or a sack-any article of which use is made-it shall be put in the water
and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean. |
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| Leviticus 11:33 |
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As for any earthenware vessel into which one
of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break the vessel. |
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| Leviticus 11:34 |
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Any of the food which may be eaten, on which
water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every
vessel shall become unclean. |
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| Leviticus 11:35 |
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Everything, moreover, on which part of their
carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove shall be smashed; they are
unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:36 |
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Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting
water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. |
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| Leviticus 11:37 |
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If a part of their carcass falls on any seed
for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean. |
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| Leviticus 11:38 |
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Though if water is put on the seed and a part
of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. |
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| Leviticus 11:39 |
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'Also if one of the animals dies which you
have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening. |
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| Leviticus 11:40 |
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He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash
his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass
shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. |
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| Leviticus 11:41 |
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'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the
earth is detestable, not to be eaten. |
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| Leviticus 11:42 |
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Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks
on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that
swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable. |
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| Leviticus 11:43 |
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Do not render yourselves detestable through
any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean
with them so that you become unclean. |
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| Leviticus 11:44 |
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For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves
therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean
with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. |
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| Leviticus 11:45 |
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For I am the LORD who brought you up from the
land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'" |
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| Leviticus 11:46 |
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This is the law regarding the animal and the
bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms
on the earth, |
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| Leviticus 11:47 |
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to make a distinction between the unclean and
the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be
eaten. |
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