Leviticus 11
Reading Leviticus chapter 11 in the World English Bible, public-domain text from 2000.
Verses 1–10
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat amongst all the animals that are on the earth.
3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud amongst the animals, that you may eat.
4 “‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
5 The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
6 The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you.
7 The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you.
8 You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
9 “‘You may eat of all these that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
10 All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
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