Leviticus 11
Common English Bible
Dietary rules
11 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 Say to the Israelites: These are the creatures that you are allowed to eat from the land animals: 3 You can eat any animal that has divided hoofs, completely split, and that rechews food. 4 But of animals that rechew food and have divided hoofs you must not eat the following: the camel—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you; 5 the rock badger—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you; 6 the hare—though it rechews food, it does not have divided hoofs, so it is unclean for you; 7 the pig—though it has completely divided hoofs, it does not rechew food, so it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat the flesh of these animals or touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you.
9 You are allowed to eat the following from all water animals: You may eat anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in sea or stream. 10 But anything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales—whether it be any of the swarming creatures in the water or any of the other living creatures in the water—is detestable to you 11 and must remain so. You must not eat their flesh, and you must detest their dead bodies. 12 Anything in the water that does not have fins or scales is detestable to you.
13 Of the birds, the following are the ones you must detest—they must not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the black vulture, the bearded vulture, 14 the kite, any kind of falcon, 15 any kind of raven, 16 the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, any kind of hawk, 17 the tawny owl, the fisher owl, the screech owl, 18 the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey, 19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.[a]
20 Any flying insect that walks on four feet is detestable to you, 21 but you can eat four-footed flying insects that have jointed legs above their feet with which they hop on the ground. 22 Of these you can eat the following: any kind of migrating locust, any kind of bald locust, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. 23 But every other flying insect that has four feet is detestable to you.
Unclean animals
24 You make yourself unclean by the following animals—whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening, 25 and anyone who carries any part of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening: 26 All animals that have divided hoofs, but they are not completely split, and that do not rechew food are unclean for you—whoever touches them will be unclean. 27 Of all the animals that walk on four feet, the ones that walk on their paws are unclean for you—anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 28 Anyone who carries one of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you.
29 The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that move about on the ground: the rat, the mouse, any kind of large lizard, 30 the gecko, the spotted lizard, the lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.[b] 31 Of all small moving creatures, these are unclean for you—anyone who touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening. 32 Moreover, anything on which one of these creatures falls when it is dead will be unclean, whether it is wood, cloth, skin, or funeral clothing—any such item that can be used to do work. It must be put into water and will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean again. 33 If any of these creatures fall into a pottery jar, everything inside it will be unclean; you must smash the pot. 34 If water from such a jar gets on any edible food, it will be unclean; any drinkable beverage in such a jar will be unclean. 35 Anything on which a part of these animals’ dead bodies might fall will be unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it must be destroyed; they are unclean for you and must remain that way. 36 Now, a spring or cistern that collects water is clean, but anyone who touches one of these animals’ dead bodies in it will be unclean.[c] 37 If any part of these animals’ dead bodies falls on seed that is to be planted, the seed is still clean. 38 But if water is poured on some seed and part of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 If one of the animals that you are allowed to eat dies naturally, anyone who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. 40 Anyone who eats from the dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries such a dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41 Every creature that swarms on the earth is detestable; it must not be eaten. 42 Among all such creatures that swarm on the earth, you must not eat anything that moves on its belly or anything that walks on four or more feet because they are detestable. 43 Do not make yourselves detestable by means of any swarming creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean with them or be made unclean by them. 44 I am the Lord your God. You must keep yourselves holy and be holy, because I am holy. You must not make yourselves unclean by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.
Conclusion concerning animals and diet
46 This concludes the Instruction concerning animals, birds, all creatures that live in water, and all the creatures that swarm on the earth, 47 in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean and between creatures that can be eaten and those that cannot.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 11:19 Many of the species in 11:13-19 cannot be identified with certainty.
- Leviticus 11:30 Many of the species in 11:29-30 cannot be identified with certainty.
- Leviticus 11:36 Heb lacks in it.
Leviticus 11
King James Version
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15 Every raven after his kind;
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Þriðja bók Móse 11
Icelandic Bible
11 Drottinn talaði við Móse og Aron og sagði við þá:
2 "Talið til Ísraelsmanna og segið: Þessi eru þau dýr, er þér megið eta af öllum ferfættum dýrum, sem eru á jörðinni:
3 Öll ferfætt dýr, sem hafa klaufir, og þær alklofnar, og jórtra, megið þér eta.
4 Af þeim, sem jórtra og klaufir hafa, megið þér þó ekki þessi eta: Úlfaldann, því að hann jórtrar að sönnu, en er eigi klaufhæfður; hann sé yður óhreinn;
5 stökkhérann, því að hann jórtrar að sönnu, en hefir eigi klaufir; hann sé yður óhreinn;
6 hérann, því að hann jórtrar að sönnu, en hefir eigi klaufir; hann sé yður óhreinn;
7 og svínið, því að það hefir að sönnu klaufir, og þær alklofnar, en jórtrar ekki; það sé yður óhreint.
8 Kjöt þeirra skuluð þér ekki eta, og hræ þeirra skuluð þér ekki snerta. Þau skulu vera yður óhrein.
9 Af lagardýrum megið þér eta þessi: Öll lagardýr, sem hafa sundugga og hreistur, hvort heldur er í sjó eða ám, megið þér eta.
10 En af öllu því, sem kvikt er í vötnunum, og af öllum lifandi skepnum, sem eru í vötnunum, séu öll þau dýr í sjó eða ám, sem eigi hafa sundugga og hreistur, yður viðurstyggð.
11 Viðurstyggð skulu þau vera yður. Ekki skuluð þér eta kjöt þeirra, og við hræjum þeirra skal yður stugga.
12 Öll lagardýr, sem ekki hafa sundugga og hreistur, skulu vera yður viðurstyggð.
13 Af fuglunum skal yður stugga við þessum, _ þér skuluð eigi eta þá, þeir eru viðurstyggð _: örninn, skegg-gammurinn og gammurinn,
14 gleðan og valakynið,
15 allt hrafnakynið,
16 strúturinn, svalan, mávurinn og haukakynið,
17 uglan, súlan og náttuglan,
18 hornuglan, pelíkaninn og hrægammurinn,
19 storkurinn og lóukynið, herfuglinn og leðurblakan.
20 Öll fleyg skriðkvikindi ferfætt séu yður viðurstyggð.
21 Af öllum fleygum skriðkvikindum ferfættum megið þér þau ein eta, er hafa leggi upp af afturfótunum til þess að stökkva með um jörðina.
22 Af þeim megið þér eta þessi: arbe-engisprettur, sólam-engisprettur, hargól-engisprettur og hagab-engisprettur.
23 En öll önnur fleyg skriðkvikindi ferfætt séu yður viðurstyggð.
24 Af þessum dýrum verðið þér óhreinir. Hver sem snertir hræ þeirra, verður óhreinn til kvelds.
25 En hver sá, sem ber hræ þeirra, hann skal þvo klæði sín og er óhreinn til kvelds.
26 Hvert það ferfætt dýr, sem hefir klaufir, þó eigi alklofnar, og eigi jórtrar, sé yður óhreint. Hver sem þau snertir verður óhreinn.
27 Og öll þau, sem ganga á hrömmum sínum, meðal allra dýra ferfættra, séu yður óhrein. Hver sem snertir hræ þeirra, er óhreinn til kvelds.
28 Og sá, sem ber hræ þeirra, skal þvo klæði sín og er óhreinn til kvelds. Þau skulu vera yður óhrein.
29 Þessi skulu vera yður óhrein á meðal skriðkvikindanna, sem skríða á jörðinni: hreysivislan, músin og eðlukynið,
30 skrækeðlan, kóah-eðlan, leta-eðlan, salamandran og kamelljónið.
31 Þessi skulu vera yður óhrein meðal allra skriðkvikindanna. Hver sem snertir þau, þegar þau eru dauð, verður óhreinn til kvelds.
32 Sérhvað það, er eitthvert af þeim fellur ofan á, þegar þau eru dauð, verður óhreint, hvort heldur er tréílát, klæði, skinn eða sekkur; öll þau áhöld, sem til einhvers eru notuð. Skal það í vatn leggja og er óhreint til kvelds, þá er það hreint.
33 Falli eitthvert af þeim ofan í leirker, þá verður allt, sem í því er, óhreint, og kerið skuluð þér brjóta.
34 Allur matur, sem etinn er og vatn er látið í, verður óhreinn, og allur drykkur, sem drukkinn er, verður óhreinn, í hvaða keri sem hann er.
35 Og sérhvað það, sem hræ þeirra fellur á, verður óhreint. Hvort heldur er ofn eða eldstó, skal það rifið niður. Það er óhreint, og óhreint skal það yður vera.
36 Lindir einar og brunnar, það er vatnsstæður, skulu hreinar vera, en sá, sem hræin snertir, verður óhreinn.
37 En þó að eitthvað af hræjunum falli á útsæði, sem á að sá, þá er það hreint.
38 En ef vatn er látið á sæðið og eitthvað af hræjunum fellur ofan í það, þá sé það yður óhreint.
39 Þegar einhver af þeim skepnum deyr, sem yður eru til fæðu, þá skal sá, er snertir dauðan skrokkinn, vera óhreinn til kvelds.
40 Og sá, sem etur af skrokknum, skal þvo klæði sín og er óhreinn til kvelds. Og sá, sem ber skrokkinn, skal þvo klæði sín og er óhreinn til kvelds.
41 Öll skriðkvikindi, sem skríða á jörðinni, skulu vera yður viðurstyggð. Eigi skal þau eta.
42 Öll þau, er skríða á kviðnum, og öll þau, er ganga á fjórum fótum, svo og allar margfætlur meðal allra skriðkvikinda, er skríða á jörðinni, þau skuluð þér eigi eta, því að þau eru viðurstyggð.
43 Látið eigi nokkurt skriðkvikindi gjöra yður sjálfa viðurstyggilega, og saurgið yður ekki á þeim, svo að þér verðið óhreinir af þeim.
44 Því að ég er Drottinn, Guð yðar. Og helgist og verið heilagir, því að ég er heilagur. Og þér skuluð ekki saurga sjálfa yður á nokkru því skriðkvikindi, sem skríður á jörðinni.
45 Því að ég er Drottinn, sem leiddi yður út af Egyptalandi til þess að vera yðar Guð. Þér skuluð vera heilagir, því að ég er heilagur."
46 Þessi eru ákvæðin um ferfættu dýrin, fuglana og allar lifandi skepnur, sem hrærast í vötnunum, og um allar lifandi skepnur, sem jörðin er kvik af,
47 svo að menn viti grein óhreinna og hreinna dýra, svo og ætra dýra og óætra.
Leviticus 11
New King James Version
Foods Permitted and Forbidden(A)
11 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, (B)‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: 3 Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. 4 Nevertheless these you shall (C)not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is [a]unclean to you; 5 the [b]rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is [c]unclean to you; 6 the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 7 and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, (D)is unclean to you. 8 Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. (E)They are unclean to you.
9 (F)‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. 10 But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are [d]an (G)abomination to you. 11 They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. 12 Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you.
13 (H)‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14 the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15 every raven after its kind, 16 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; 17 the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; 18 the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; 19 the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21 Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22 These you may eat: (I)the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23 But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.
Unclean Animals
24 ‘By these you shall become [e]unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them (J)shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27 And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28 Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.
29 ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, (K)the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever (L)touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32 Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be [f]unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, (M)it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. 33 Any (N)earthen vessel into which any of them falls (O)you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: 34 in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. 35 And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. 37 And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. 38 But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes [g]unclean to you.
39 ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be (P)unclean until evening. 40 (Q)He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be [h]an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42 Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43 (R)You shall not make [i]yourselves [j]abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 For I am the Lord your (S)God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and (T)you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 (U)For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. (V)You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 ‘This is the law [k]of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47 (W)to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 11:4 impure
- Leviticus 11:5 rock badger
- Leviticus 11:5 impure
- Leviticus 11:10 detestable
- Leviticus 11:24 impure
- Leviticus 11:32 impure
- Leviticus 11:38 impure
- Leviticus 11:41 detestable
- Leviticus 11:43 Lit. your souls
- Leviticus 11:43 impure
- Leviticus 11:46 concerning
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