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Leviticus 11 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Laws about Animals for Food

(Deu 14:3–21 )

Lev 11:1

Lev 11:1The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

Lev 11:2

Lev 11:2“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.

Lev 11:3

Lev 11:3‘Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.

Lev 11:4

Lev 11:4‘Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.

Lev 11:5

Lev 11:5‘Likewise, the [fn]shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;

Lev 11:6

Lev 11:6the [fn]rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;

Lev 11:7

Lev 11:7and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.

Lev 11:8

Lev 11:8‘You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Lev 11:9

Lev 11:9‘These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

Lev 11:10

Lev 11:10‘But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,

Lev 11:11

Lev 11:11and they shall be [fn]abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest.

Lev 11:12

Lev 11:12‘Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is [fn]abhorrent to you.

Avoid the Unclean

Lev 11:13

Lev 11:13‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are [fn]abhorrent, not to be eaten: the [fn]eagle and the vulture and the [fn]buzzard,

Lev 11:14

Lev 11:14and the kite and the falcon in its kind,

Lev 11:15

Lev 11:15every raven in its kind,

Lev 11:16

Lev 11:16and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,

Lev 11:17

Lev 11:17and the little owl and the cormorant and the [fn]great owl,

Lev 11:18

Lev 11:18and the white owl and the [fn]pelican and the carrion vulture,

Lev 11:19

Lev 11:19and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

Lev 11:20

Lev 11:20‘All the [fn]winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

Lev 11:21

Lev 11:21‘Yet these you may eat among all the [fn]winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth.

Lev 11:22

Lev 11:22‘These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.

Lev 11:23

Lev 11:23‘But all other [fn]winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.

Lev 11:24

Lev 11:24‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Lev 11:25

Lev 11:25and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Lev 11:26

Lev 11:26‘Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.

Lev 11:27

Lev 11:27‘Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Lev 11:28

Lev 11:28and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

Lev 11:29

Lev 11:29‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the [fn]great lizard in its kinds,

Lev 11:30

Lev 11:30and the gecko, and the [fn]crocodile, and the lizard, and the [fn]sand reptile, and the chameleon.

Lev 11:31

Lev 11:31‘These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

Lev 11:32

Lev 11:32‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack—any article [fn]of which use is made—it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.

Lev 11:33

Lev 11:33‘As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break [fn]the vessel.

Lev 11:34

Lev 11:34‘Any of the [fn]food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any [fn]liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.

Lev 11:35

Lev 11:35‘Everything, moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a [fn]stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.

Lev 11:36

Lev 11:36‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern [fn]collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

Lev 11:37

Lev 11:37‘If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean.

Lev 11:38

Lev 11:38‘Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

Lev 11:39

Lev 11:39‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

Lev 11:40

Lev 11:40‘He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Lev 11:41

Lev 11:41‘Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten.

Lev 11:42

Lev 11:42‘Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.

Lev 11:43

Lev 11:43‘Do not render [fn]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.

Lev 11:44

Lev 11:44‘For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth.

Lev 11:45

Lev 11:45‘For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.’”

Lev 11:46

Lev 11:46This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth,

Lev 11:47

Lev 11:47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.
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NASB95 Footnotes
A small, shy, furry animal (Hyrax syriacus) found in the peninsula of the Sinai, northern Israel, and the region round the Dead Sea; KJV coney, orig NASB rock badger
Or, hare
Literally: detestable things
Literally: detestable things
Literally: a detestable thing
Or, vulture
Or, black vulture
Specifically, great horned owl
Or, owl or jackdaw
Literally: swarming things with wings
V 20, note 1
V 20, note 1
Or, thorn-tailed lizard
Or, lizard
Species as yet undefined
Literally: with which work is done
Literally: it
I.e. if touched by a carcass; cf vv 29-32
Literally: hearth for supporting (two) pots
Literally: of a gathering of
Literally: your souls
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