LEVITICUS 11:14-43

¹⁴and the kite, and the falcon after its kind;

¹⁵every raven after its kind;

¹⁶and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind;

¹⁷and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;

¹⁸and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture;

¹⁹and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

²⁰All winged creeping things that go upon all four are an abomination unto you.

²¹Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

²²even these of them ye may eat; the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

²³But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

²⁴And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even:

²⁵And whosoever beareth aught of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

²⁶Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

²⁷And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all four, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

²⁸And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

²⁹And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

³⁰and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.

³¹These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

³²And 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, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

³³And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

³⁴All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

³⁵And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

³⁶Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

³⁷And if aught of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

³⁸But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcase fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

³⁹And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

⁴⁰And 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.

⁴¹And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

⁴²Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

⁴³Ye 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.