1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, Compare verse
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Compare verse1 commentary
3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that shall you eat. Compare verse4 commentaries
4 Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. Compare verse5 commentaries
5 And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. Compare verse6 commentaries
6 And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. Compare verse5 commentaries
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he chews not the cud; he is unclean to you. Compare verse5 commentaries
8 Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you. Compare verse5 commentaries
9 These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat. Compare verse5 commentaries
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 to you: Compare verse5 commentaries
11 They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination. Compare verse5 commentaries
12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination to you. Compare verse5 commentaries
13 And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, Compare verse6 commentaries
14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Compare verse
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, Compare verse
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, Compare verse
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, Compare verse
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. Compare verse
20 All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you. Compare verse
21 Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth; Compare verse
22 Even these of them you 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. Compare verse
23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you. Compare verse
24 And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. Compare verse
25 And whoever bears ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Compare verse
26 The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: every one that touches them shall be unclean. Compare verse
27 And whatever goes on his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the even. Compare verse
28 And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you. Compare verse
29 These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, Compare verse
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. Compare verse
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. Compare verse
32 And on whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever 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. Compare verse
33 And every earthen vessel, into where any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it. Compare verse
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. Compare verse
35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to you. Compare verse
36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. Compare verse
37 And if any part of their carcass fall on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. Compare verse
38 But if any water be put on the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean to you. Compare verse
39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, die; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. Compare verse
40 And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Compare verse
41 And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. Compare verse
42 Whatever goes on the belly, and whatever goes on all four, or whatever has more feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. Compare verse
43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. Compare verse
44 For I am the LORD your God: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Compare verse4 commentaries
45 For I am the LORD that brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. Compare verse1 commentary
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth: Compare verse
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. Compare verse