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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 11 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Leviticus 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/10.htm" title="Leviticus 10">◄</a> Leviticus 11 <a href="../leviticus/12.htm" title="Leviticus 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.</p><p class="reg">“Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You may not, however, eat the following animals<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The hyrax<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the kite, falcons of all kinds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>ravens of all kinds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>“If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>“All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>For I am the LORD your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>For I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>“These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft">The identification of some of the animals, birds, and insects in this chapter is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">coney,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">rock badger.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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