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<a href ="../acts/10.htm#9">Acts 10:9–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="list1stline"> The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. <A name="6"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The rock badger,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. <A name="7"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. <A name="8"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: <p class="list1stline"> the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, <A name="15"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the kite, any kind of falcon, <A name="16"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>any kind of raven, <A name="17"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the ostrich,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, <A name="18"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, <A name="19"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, <A name="20"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the stork, any kind of heron, <p class="list1"> the hoopoe, and the bat. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Every animal with hooves not completely divided<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean. <A name="36"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean; <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you. <A name="40"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. <A name="42"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten. <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable. <A name="44"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. <A name="47"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/11-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’<span class="thinq"> </span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> The precise identification of some of the birds and animals in this chapter is uncertain.<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>The coney</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>The hyrax</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>the daughter of the ostrich</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>the daughter of the owl</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>a split hoof not completely divided</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">44</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Here and in verse 45; cited in <a href="../1_peter/1.htm#16">1 Peter 1:16</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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