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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:
2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth.
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Speak to the people of Israel, saying: From among all the land animals, these are the creatures that you may eat.
3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat.
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Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.
4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel, and others: that you shall not eat, but shall reckon it among the unclean.
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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.
5 The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
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The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof.
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The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
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The pig, for even though it has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.
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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.
9 These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers, and the pools, you shall eat.
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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.
10 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales, of those things that move and live in the waters, shall be an abomination to you,
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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
11 And detestable. Their flesh you shall not eat: and their carcasses you shall avoid.
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and detestable they shall remain. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall regard as detestable.
12 All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.
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Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
13 Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.
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These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
14 And the kite, and the vulture, according to their kind.
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the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
15 And all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness.
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every raven of any kind;
16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.
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the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;
17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, and the ibis.
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the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the porphyrion.
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the water hen, the desert owl, the carrion vulture,
19 The heron, and the charadroin according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.
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the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 Of things that fly, whatsoever goeth upon four feet, shall be abominable to you.
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All winged insects that walk upon all fours are detestable to you.
21 But whatsoever walketh upon four feet, but hath the legs behind longer, wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth,
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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.
22 That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
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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.
23 But of flying things whatsoever hath four feet only, shall be an abomination to you.
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But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
24 And whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them, shall be defiled: and shall be unclean until the evening:
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By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,
25 And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead: he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set.
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and whoever carries any part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
26 Every beast that hath a hoof, but divideth it not, nor cheweth the cud shall be unclean: and he that toucheth it, shall be defiled.
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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.
27 That which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four, shall be unclean: he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening.
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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,
28 And he that shall carry such carcasses, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until evening: because all these things are unclean to you.
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and the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.
29 These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth. The weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind:
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These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,
30 The shrew, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the lizard, and the mole.
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the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
31 All these are unclean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening.
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These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
32 And upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall, it shall be defiled, whether it be a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins or haircloths: or any thing in which work is done. They shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean until the evening, and so afterwards shall be clean.
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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.
33 But an earthen vessel, into which any of these shall fall, shall be defiled: and therefore is to be broken.
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And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel.
34 Any meat which you eat, if water from such a vessel be poured upon it, shall be unclean; and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel, shall be unclean.
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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.
35 And upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall, it shall be unclean. Whether it be oven, or pots with feet, they shall be destroyed, and shall be unclean.
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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.
36 But fountains and cisterns, and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean. He that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled.
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But a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, while whatever touches the carcass in it shall be unclean.
37 If it fall upon seed corn, it shall not defile it.
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If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean;
38 But if any man pour water upon the seed, and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses, it shall be forthwith defiled.
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but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 If any beast die, of which it is lawful for you to eat, he that toucheth the carcass thereof, shall be unclean until the evening.
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If an animal of which you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
40 And he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof, shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the evening.
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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.
41 All that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable: neither shall it be taken for meat.
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All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.
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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.
43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,
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You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them, and so become unclean.
44 For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.
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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.
45 For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.
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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.
46 You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:
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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,
47 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.
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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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