Leviticus 11:12-23 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

12. It is a sickening thought for you to touch anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.

13. “You must also treat some birds as things that are wrong to eat. Stay away from them. It is a sickening thought for you to eat any of these birds: eagles, vultures, buzzards,

14. kites, all kinds of falcons,

15. all kinds of black birds,

16. ostriches, nighthawks, sea gulls, all kinds of hawks,

17. owls, cormorants, great owls,

18. water hens, pelicans, carrion vultures,

19. storks, all kinds of herons, hoopoes, and bats.

20. “Don’t eat insects that have wings and crawl. Even the thought of eating them should make you sick!

21. But you may eat insects if they have legs with joints above their feet so that they can jump.

22. You may also eat all kinds of locusts, all kinds of winged locusts, all kinds of crickets, and all kinds of grasshoppers.

23. “But stay away from all the other insects that have wings and crawl.

Leviticus 11