Leviticus 11 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Laws about Animals for Food

(Deu 14:3–21 )

Lev 11:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,

Lev 11:2'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This is the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which are on the earth:

Lev 11:3

Lev 11:3any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat.

Lev 11:4

Lev 11:4'Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it is unclean to you;

Lev 11:5

Lev 11:5and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it is to you;

Lev 11:6

Lev 11:6and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it is to you;

Lev 11:7

Lev 11:7and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it is to you.

Lev 11:8

Lev 11:8'Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they are to you.

Lev 11:9

Lev 11:9'This ye do eat of all which are in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

Lev 11:10

Lev 11:10and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which is in the waters -- an abomination they are to you;

Lev 11:11

Lev 11:11yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate.

Lev 11:12

Lev 11:12'Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters -- an abomination it is to you.

Avoid the Unclean

Lev 11:13

Lev 11:13'And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they are: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

Lev 11:14

Lev 11:14and the vulture, and the kite after its kind,

Lev 11:15

Lev 11:15every raven after its kind,

Lev 11:16

Lev 11:16and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,

Lev 11:17

Lev 11:17and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,

Lev 11:18

Lev 11:18and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

Lev 11:19

Lev 11:19and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Lev 11:20

Lev 11:20'Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four -- an abomination it is to you.

Lev 11:21

Lev 11:21'Only -- this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth;

Lev 11:22

Lev 11:22these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind;

Lev 11:23

Lev 11:23and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet -- an abomination it is to you.

Lev 11:24

Lev 11:24'And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening;

Lev 11:25

Lev 11:25and anyone who is lifting up aught of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: --

Lev 11:26

Lev 11:26even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean.

Lev 11:27

Lev 11:27'And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four -- unclean they are to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening;

Lev 11:28

Lev 11:28and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening -- unclean they are to you.

Lev 11:29

Lev 11:29'And this is to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,

Lev 11:30

Lev 11:30and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole;

Lev 11:31

Lev 11:31these are the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening.

Lev 11:32

Lev 11:32'And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;

Lev 11:33

Lev 11:33and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which any one of them falleth, all that is in its midst is unclean, and it ye do break.

Lev 11:34

Lev 11:34'Of all the food which is eaten, that on which cometh such water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any such vessel is unclean;

Lev 11:35

Lev 11:35and anything on which any of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they are, yea, unclean they are to you.

Lev 11:36

Lev 11:36'Only -- a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean;

Lev 11:37

Lev 11:37and when any of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown -- it is clean;

Lev 11:38

Lev 11:38and when water is put on the seed, and any of its carcase hath fallen on it -- unclean it is to you.

Lev 11:39

Lev 11:39'And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;

Lev 11:40

Lev 11:40and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening.

Lev 11:41

Lev 11:41'And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten;

Lev 11:42

Lev 11:42any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth -- ye do not eat them, for they are an abomination;

Lev 11:43

Lev 11:43ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.

Lev 11:44

Lev 11:44'For I am Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Lev 11:45

Lev 11:45for I am Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I am holy.

Lev 11:46

Lev 11:46'This is a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

Lev 11:47

Lev 11:47to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Leviticus 11 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Laws about Animals for Food

Avoid the Unclean

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