Deuteronomy 14:3-12

3 "Do not eat anything that the Lord has declared unclean.
4 You may eat these animals: cattle, sheep, goats,
5 deer, wild sheep, wild goats, or antelopes -
6 any animals that have divided hoofs and that also chew the cud.
7 But no animals may be eaten unless they have divided hoofs and also chew the cud. You may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs.
8 Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs but do not chew the cud. Do not eat any of these animals or even touch their dead bodies.
9 "You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,
10 but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales may not be eaten; it must be considered unclean.
11 "You may eat any clean bird.
12 But these are the kinds of birds you are not to eat: eagles, owls, hawks, falcons; buzzards, vultures, crows; ostriches; seagulls, storks, herons, pelicans, cormorants; hoopoes; and bats.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [The identification of some of these birds is uncertain.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.