Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 11

Lev 11:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying to them,
Lev 11:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘These are the living
creatures which you do eat among all the beasts that are on the earth:
Lev 11:3 ‘Whatever has a split hoof completely divided, chewing the cud,
among the beasts, that you do eat.
Lev 11:4 ‘Only, these you do not eat among those that chew the cud or those
that have a split hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have
a split hoof, it is unclean to you;
Lev 11:5 and the rabbit, because it chews the cud but does not have a split
hoof, it is unclean to you;
Lev 11:6 and the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have a split
hoof, it is unclean to you;
Lev 11:7 and the pig, though it has a split hoof, completely divided, yet does
not chew the cud, it is unclean to you.
Lev 11:8 ‘Their flesh you do not eat, and their carcasses you do not touch.
They are unclean to you.
Lev 11:9 ‘These you do eat of all that are in the waters: any one that has fins
and scales in the waters, in the seas or in the rivers, that you do eat.
Lev 11:10 ‘But all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers,
all that move in the waters or any living creature which is in the waters, they
are an abomination to you.
Lev 11:11 ‘They are an abomination to you – of their flesh you do not eat,
and their carcasses you abominate.
Lev 11:12 ‘All that have not fins or scales in the waters is an abomination to
you.
Lev 11:13 ‘And these you do abominate among the birds, they are not eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
Lev 11:14 and the hawk, and the falcon after its kind,
Lev 11:15 every raven after its kind,
Lev 11:16 and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the seagull, and the hawk
after its kind,
Lev 11:17 and the little owl, and the fisher owl, and the great owl,
Lev 11:18 and the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,
Lev 11:19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Lev 11:20 ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours is an abomination to
you.
Lev 11:21 ‘Only, these you do eat of every flying insect that creeps on all
fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on
the earth.
Lev 11:22 ‘These of them you do eat: the locust after its kind, and the
destroying locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the
grasshopper after its kind.
Lev 11:23 ‘But all other flying insects which have four feet is an
abomination to you.
Lev 11:24 ‘And by these you are made unclean, anyone touching the carcass
of any of them is unclean until evening,
Lev 11:25 and anyone picking up part of the carcass of any of them has to
wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening.
Lev 11:26 ‘Every beast that has a split hoof not completely divided, or does
not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass is
unclean.
Lev 11:27 ‘And whatever goes on its paws, among all the creatures that go
on all fours, those are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass is
unclean until evening,
Lev 11:28 and he who picks up their carcass has to wash his garments, and
shall be unclean until evening. They are unclean to you.
Lev 11:29 ‘And these are unclean to you among the creeping creatures that
creep on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,
Lev 11:30 and the gecko, and the land crocodile, and the sand reptile, and
the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
Lev 11:31 ‘These are unclean to you among all that creep. Anyone who
touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.
Lev 11:32 ‘And whatever any of them in its dead state falls upon, becomes
unclean, whether it is any wooden object or garment or skin or sack, any
object in which work is done, it is put in water. And it shall be unclean until
evening, then it shall be clean.
Lev 11:33 ‘Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls, whatever is in it
becomes unclean, and you break it.
Lev 11:34 ‘Any of the food which might be eaten, on which water comes,
becomes unclean, and any drink which might be drunk from it becomes
unclean.
Lev 11:35 ‘And on whatever any of their carcass falls becomes unclean – an
oven or cooking range – it is broken down. They are unclean, and are unclean
to you.
Lev 11:36 ‘But a fountain or a well, a collection of water, is clean, but
whatever touches their carcass is unclean.
Lev 11:37 ‘And when any of their carcass falls on any planting seed which
is to be sown, it is clean.
Lev 11:38 ‘But when any water is put on the seed and any part of any such
carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
Lev 11:39 ‘And when any of the beasts which are yours for food dies, he
who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
Lev 11:40 ‘And he who eats of its carcass has to wash his garments, and
shall be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its carcass has to wash
his garments, and shall be unclean until evening.
Lev 11:41 ‘And every creeping creature that creeps on the earth is an
abomination, it is not eaten.
Lev 11:42 ‘Whatever crawls on its stomach, and whatever goes on all fours,
and whatever has many feet among all creeping creatures that creep on the
earth, these you do not eat, for they are an abomination.
Lev 11:43 ‘Do not make yourselves abominable with any creeping creature
that creeps, and do not make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be
defiled by them.
Lev 11:44 ‘For I am יהוה your Elohim, and you shall set yourselves apart.
And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart. And do not defile yourselves
with any creeping creature that creeps on the earth.
Lev 11:45 ‘For I am יהוה who is bringing you up out of the land of
Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart.
Lev 11:46 ‘This is the Torah of the beasts and the birds and every living
creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the
earth,
Lev 11:47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and
between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not
eaten.’ ”