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Foods Permitted and Forbidden
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,
Clean and Unclean Animals
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth.
Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud — that you may eat.
Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts -- that shall ye eat.
Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;
and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;
the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;
and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;
and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud -- it shall be unclean unto you.
Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.
‘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.
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;
but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters -- they shall be an abomination unto you.
They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.
They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.
Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales — that shall be an abomination to you.
Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.
‘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,
And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind;
and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl;
and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis,
the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture;
and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,
the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.
Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
Yet 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.
Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth.
These 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.
These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind.
But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.
But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.
And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening:
And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
The 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.
Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
And 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.
And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.
‘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;
And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;
the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon.
These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done -- it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:
And every earthen vessel into which [any] of them falleth -- whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean.
All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every [such] vessel.
And 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.
And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.
Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean.
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;
but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening.
And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
He 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.
And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
Whatever 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.
Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth -- these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
For 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.
For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.
For 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.
For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;