Clean and Unclean Animals
Deuteronomy 14:1–21; Acts 10:9–16
1And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,+ 2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth.+ 3Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts — that shall ye eat.+ 4Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;+ 5and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;+ 6and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;+ 7and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you.+ 8Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.+ 9These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;+ 10but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters — they shall be an abomination unto you.+ 11They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.+ 12Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.+ 13And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls; they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,+ 14and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind; 15every raven after its kind;+ 16and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;+ 17and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis, 18and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, 19and the stork; the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.+ 20Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.+ 21Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth.+ 22These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind.+ 23But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.+ 24And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.+ 25And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.+ 26Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.+ 27And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.+ 28And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.+ 29And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;+ 30and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon. 31These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.+ 32And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done — it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.+ 33And every earthen vessel into which [any] of them falleth — whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.+ 34All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every [such] vessel.+ 35And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.+ 36Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.+ 37And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;+ 38but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.+ 39And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.+ 40And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.+ 41And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.+ 42Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth — these ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.+ 43Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.+ 44For I am Jehovah yourGod; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.+ 45For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be yourGod: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.+ 46This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;+ 47to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.+