Leviticus 11:1-17 ▼

1 The LORD {YHWH} spoke again to Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer), telling them,

2 “Say to the Israelites (God prevails), ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you⁺ may eat:

3 You⁺ may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4 But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you⁺ are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you⁺.

5 The rock badger (The coney), though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you⁺.

6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you⁺.

7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you⁺.

8 You⁺ must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you⁺.

9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you⁺ may eat anything with fins and scales.

10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you⁺: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

11 They shall be an abomination to you⁺; you⁺ must not eat their meat, and you⁺ must detest their carcasses.

12 Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you⁺.

13 Additionally, you⁺ are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14 the kite, any kind of falcon,

15 any kind of raven,

16 the ostrich \the daughter of the ostrich/, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,