| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: |
| 2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: | 2"Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals. |
| 3Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. | 3You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. |
| 4Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; | 4But 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; |
| 5the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; | 5hyraxes, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves--they are unclean for you; |
| 6the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; | 6hares, though they chew the cud, do not have hooves--they are unclean for you; |
| 7and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. | 7pigs, though they have divided hooves, do not chew the cud--they are unclean for you. |
| 8Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you. | 8Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses--they are unclean for you. |
| 9‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. | 9"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. |
| 10But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. | 10But 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. |
| 11They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. | 11They are to remain abhorrent to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must abhor their carcasses. |
| 12Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you. | 12Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be abhorrent to you. |
| 13‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, | 13"You are to abhor these birds. They must not be eaten because they are abhorrent: eagles, bearded vultures, Egyptian vultures, |
| 14the kite, and the falcon after its kind; | 14kites, any kind of falcon, |
| 15every raven after its kind, | 15every kind of raven, |
| 16the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; | 16ostriches, short-eared owls, gulls, any kind of hawk, |
| 17the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; | 17little owls, cormorants, long-eared owls, |
| 18the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; | 18barn owls, eagle owls, ospreys, |
| 19the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. | 19storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats. |
| 20‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. | 20"All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you. |
| 21Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. | 21But 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. |
| 22These you may eat: the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. | 22You may eat these: any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper. |
| 23But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you. | 23All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you. |
| 24‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; | 24"These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, |
| 25whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: | 25and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. |
| 26The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. | 26All 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. |
| 27And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. | 27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, |
| 28Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you. | 28and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. |
| 29‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; | 29"These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard, |
| 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. | 30geckos, monitor lizards, common lizards, skinks, and chameleons. |
| 31These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. | 31These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. |
| 32Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. | 32When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean--any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. |
| 33Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: | 33If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you are to break it. |
| 34in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. | 34Any edible food coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean. |
| 35And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. | 35Anything one of their carcasses falls on will become unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it is to be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you. |
| 36Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. | 36A spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but someone who touches a carcass in it will become unclean. |
| 37And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. | 37If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is clean; |
| 38But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes unclean to you. | 38but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you. |
| 39‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening. | 39"If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening. |
| 40He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. | 40Anyone who eats some of its carcass is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. |
| 41‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination. It shall not be eaten. | 41"All the creatures that swarm on the earth are abhorrent; they must not be eaten. |
| 42Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. | 42Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are abhorrent. |
| 43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. | 43Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them. |
| 44For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. | 44For I am the LORD your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. |
| 45For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. | 45For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy. |
| 46‘This is the law of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, | 46"This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground, |
| 47to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ” | 47in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten." |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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