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1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
2 Speak to the people of Israel, saying: From among all the land animals, these are the creatures that you may eat.
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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 Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.
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Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4 But among those that chew the cud or have divided hoofs, you shall not eat the following: the camel, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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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 The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
6 The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
7 The pig, for even though it has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
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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 you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.
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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; 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 streams—such you may eat.
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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 But anything in the seas or the streams that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and among all the other living creatures that are in the waters—they are detestable to you
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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 and detestable they shall remain. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall regard as detestable.
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They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
12 Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
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Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
13 These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
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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 the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
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And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15 every raven of any kind;
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Every raven after his kind;
16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
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And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 the water hen, the desert owl, the carrion vulture,
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And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
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And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All winged insects that walk upon all fours are detestable to you.
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All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
21 But among the winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to leap on the ground.
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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 Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
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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 winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
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But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
24 By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,
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And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
25 and whoever carries any part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
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And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 Every animal that has divided hoofs but is not cleft-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean for you; everyone who touches one of them shall be unclean.
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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 All that walk on their paws, among the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,
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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 the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.
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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 are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,
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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 the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
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And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
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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 anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether an article of wood or cloth or skin or sacking, any article that is used for any purpose; it shall be dipped into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean.
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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 if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel.
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And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
34 Any food that could be eaten shall be unclean if water from any such vessel comes upon it; and any liquid that could be drunk shall be unclean if it was in any such vessel.
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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 Everything on which any part of the carcass falls shall be unclean; whether an oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall remain unclean for you.
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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 But a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, while whatever touches the carcass in it shall be unclean.
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Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
37 If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean;
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And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
38 but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
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But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
39 If an animal of which you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
40 Those who eat of its carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening; and those who carry the carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening.
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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 All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.
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And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatever moves on its belly, and whatever moves on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the creatures that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.
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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 You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them, and so become unclean.
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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; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming creature that moves on the earth.
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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 who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.
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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 pertaining to land animal and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,
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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 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.
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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.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.