Leviticus 11:8-30
English Standard Version
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.
10But 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 detestable to you.
11You shall regard them as detestable; you shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
12Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
13"And these you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
14the kite, the falcon of any kind,
15every raven of any kind,
16the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,
17the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl,
18the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture,
19the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20"All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.
21Yet 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.
22Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.
23But 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,
25and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
26Every 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.
27And 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,
28and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.
