Leviticus 11:12-26 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

12. ‘All that have not fins or scales in the waters is an abomination to you.

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,

14. and the hawk, and the falcon after its kind,

15. every raven after its kind,

16. and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

17. and the little owl, and the fisher owl, and the great owl,

18. and the white owl, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,

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

20. ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours is an abomination to you.

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.

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.

23. ‘But all other flying insects which have four feet is an abomination to you.

24. ‘And by these you are made unclean, anyone touching the carcass of any of them is unclean until evening,

25. and anyone picking up part of the carcass of any of them has to wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening.

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.

Leviticus 11