Deuteronomy 14:1-12-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. People of Israel, you are the Lord's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.

10. and if they do not have fins and scales, you must not eat them. Treat them as unclean.

11. You can eat any clean bird.

12-18. But don't eat the meat of any of the following birds: eagles, vultures, falcons, kites, ravens, ostriches, owls, seagulls, hawks, pelicans, ospreys, cormorants, storks, herons, and hoopoes. You must not eat bats.

Deuteronomy 14