Leviticus 11
English Standard Version
Clean and Unclean Animals
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (A)These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. 3 Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. 4 Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you shall not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 5 And the (B)rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 6 And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. 7 And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, (C)is unclean to you. 8 You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9 “These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. 10 But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is (D)detestable to you. 11 You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12 Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
13 “And these you shall detest among the birds;[a] they shall not be eaten; they are (E)detestable: (F)the eagle,[b] the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14 the kite, (G)the falcon of any kind, 15 every raven of any kind, 16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the (H)hawk of any kind, 17 the (I)little owl, the cormorant, the (J)short-eared owl, 18 the barn owl, the (K)tawny owl, the carrion vulture, 19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and (L)the bat.
20 “All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you. 21 Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. 22 Of them you may eat: (M)the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. 23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
24 “And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 25 and whoever carries any part of their carcass (N)shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. 26 Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27 And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 28 and he who carries their carcass (O)shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
29 “And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, (P)the mouse, the great lizard of any kind, 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. 32 And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. (Q)It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean. 33 And if any of them falls into any earthenware vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you (R)shall break it. 34 Any food in it that could be eaten, on which water comes, shall be unclean. And all drink that could be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean. Whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces. They are unclean and shall remain unclean for you. 36 Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be sown, it is clean, 38 but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39 “And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening, 40 and (S)whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
41 (T)“Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is detestable; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable. 43 (U)You shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarms, and you shall not defile yourselves with them, and become unclean through them. 44 For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and (V)be holy, for I am holy. (W)You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. 45 (X)For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. (Y)You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
46 This is the law about beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms on the ground, 47 (Z)to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 11:13 Or things that fly; compare Genesis 1:20
- Leviticus 11:13 The identity of many of these birds is uncertain
Lê Vi 11
New Vietnamese Bible
Thức Ăn Sạch Và Không Sạch
11 CHÚA phán dạy Môi-se và A-rôn rằng: 2 Các con bảo dân Y-sơ-ra-ên: Trong số các loài vật sống trên đất, đây là các loài các ngươi được phép ăn: 3 Các ngươi được phép ăn các loài vật có móng rẽ ra, bàn chân chia hai và nhai lại.
4 Nhưng có một số chỉ nhai lại hay chỉ có móng rẽ ra; những loài đó các ngươi không được phép ăn. Lạc đà, mặc dù nhai lại nhưng không có móng rẽ ra, và là một loài vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi. 5 Loài chồn sống trên đá, mặc dù nhai lại nhưng không có móng rẽ ra; nó là vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi. 6 Con thỏ rừng mặc dù nhai lại nhưng không có móng rẽ ra, là một loài vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi. 7 Con heo, dù có móng rẽ, bàn chân chia hai nhưng không nhai lại, đó là vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi. 8 Các ngươi không được ăn thịt và không được đụng đến xác các thú đó, chúng không tinh sạch cho các ngươi.
9 Đây là các loài vật ngươi được ăn, tất cả loài vật ở dưới nước, tất cả các loài có vây và vẩy dưới nước, hoặc dưới sông hay biển, những thú đó ngươi được ăn. 10 Nhưng tất cả các loài tạo vật không vây không vẩy sống dưới biển hay dưới sông, hoặc sống từng đàn hay sống giữa các sinh vật khác dưới nước, đều đáng gớm ghiếc. 11 Vì các ngươi phải gớm ghiếc các loài này, nên các ngươi không được phép ăn thịt chúng và phải gớm ghiếc xác chết của chúng. 12 Bất cứ loài nào không vây không vẩy sống dưới nước đều đáng gớm ghiếc cho các ngươi.
13 Sau đây là những loài chim các ngươi phải gớm ghiếc và không được phép ăn, vì là những loài đáng gớm ghiếc; chim ưng, kên kên, chim ngạc, 14 diều hâu đỏ, tất cả các loài chim diều đen, 15 tất cả các loài quạ, 16 cú mèo, chim ó ăn đêm, hải âu và tất cả các loài diều hâu, 17 chim cú nhỏ, còng cọc, cú lớn, 18 cú trắng, cú sa mạc, ó biển, 19 con cò, tất cả các loại chim diệc, chim rẽ quạt và dơi.
20 Tất cả các loài côn trùng có cánh và đi bốn chân đều đáng gớm ghiếc cho các ngươi. 21 Tuy nhiên có một số vật có cánh và đi bốn chân các ngươi có phép ăn: đó là những vật chân có khớp để nhảy trên đất. 22 Trong số những loài các ngươi được phép ăn này có các loài châu chấu, châu chấu sói đầu, dế, cào cào. 23 Các loài côn trùng có cánh và bốn chân khác đều là vật các ngươi phải gớm ghiếc.
24 Sau đây là những trường hợp các ngươi làm cho mình không tinh sạch: ai đụng đến xác các loài đó sẽ bị ô uế đến tối; 25 ai lượm xác chết các loài này phải giặt quần áo mình và sẽ bị ô uế đến tối.
26 Mọi loài vật có móng rẽ nhưng chân không chẻ hai hay không nhai lại đều là vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi; ai đụng đến các loài vật này sẽ bị ô uế. 27 Trong tất cả các loài vật đi bốn chân có vuốt là loài không tinh sạch cho các ngươi; ai đụng đến xác chết các loài này sẽ bị ô uế đến tối. 28 Ai lượm xác các loài này phải giặt quần áo mình và sẽ bị ô uế đến tối. Đó là những loài vật không tinh sạch cho các ngươi.
29 Trong các loài vật di chuyển sát trên mặt đất, đây là những loài không tinh sạch cho các ngươi: chuột nhũi, chuột nhắt, tất cả các loại rắn mối, 30 cắc ké, kỳ đà, thằn lằn, kỳ nhông, cắc kè, 31 Trong tất cả các loài di chuyển sát trên mặt đất, đó là những loài không sạch cho các ngươi. Ai đụng đến xác chết các loài đó sẽ bị ô uế đến tối. 32 Khi một con trong các loài vật đó chết và rơi nhằm một đồ dùng, bất cứ dùng vào việc gì cũng trở thành ô uế, kể cả đồ dùng làm bằng gỗ, vải, da hay bao bố. Phải ngâm đồ dùng này trong nước. Nó bị ô uế cho đến tối và sau đó sẽ được tinh sạch. 33 Nếu xác chết đó rơi nhằm một bình đất, những gì chứa trong bình đều bị ô uế và phải đập bể bình đi. 34 Thức ăn bị nước trong bình này đổ nhằm sẽ bị ô uế: bất cứ thức uống gì chứa trong bình cũng bị ô uế. 35 Bất cứ vật gì bị xác các con vật này rơi nhằm sẽ bị ô uế; dù vật này là bếp hay nồi cũng phải đập bể, vì chúng không tinh sạch nên các ngươi phải coi là những vật ô uế. 36 Tuy nhiên, dòng suối hay hồ chứa nước vẫn được kể là tinh sạch, nhưng ai đụng đến xác chết đó phải bị ô uế. 37 Nếu xác chết rơi trên hạt giống sẽ được gieo trồng, hạt giống vẫn được tinh sạch. 38 Nhưng nếu hạt giống đã được tưới nước và xác chết rơi nhằm, hạt giống đó bị ô uế cho các ngươi.
39 Nếu một con vật thuộc loại có phép ăn bị chết, ai đụng đến xác nó sẽ bị ô uế đến tối. 40 Ai ăn xác chết đó phải giặt quần áo mình và sẽ bị ô uế cho đến tối, còn ai nhặt xác chết đó cũng phải giặt áo sống và bị ô uế đến tối.
41 Tất cả các loài sâu bọ bò trên đất đều đáng gớm ghiếc và không được phép ăn. 42 Các ngươi không được ăn bất cứ loài sâu bọ nào bò trên mặt đất, dù bò bằng bụng, bằng bốn chân hay nhiều chân; các loài vật này đều đáng gớm ghiếc. 43 Các ngươi đừng làm mình ô uế vì các loại sâu bọ này. Đừng tự làm ô uế vì chúng hay để chúng làm ô uế. 44 Ta là CHÚA, Đức Chúa Trời các ngươi; phải biệt mình riêng ra thánh và nên thánh, vì Ta là thánh. Đừng để mình bị ô uế vì bất cứ loài sâu bọ nào bò trên đất. 45 Ta là CHÚA, Đấng đã đem các ngươi ra khỏi Ai-cập để làm Đức Chúa Trời các ngươi; vì vậy các ngươi phải nên thánh, vì Ta là thánh.
46 Đấy là luật lệ liên hệ đến các loài súc vật, loài chim, các loài sinh vật sống dưới nước và các loài sâu bọ bò trên đất. 47 Các ngươi phải phân biệt giữa tinh sạch và ô uế, giữa các loài sinh vật ăn được và các loài không được ăn.
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.
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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