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Leviticus 11:15-24 American Standard Version (ASV)

15. every raven after its kind,

16. and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,

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

18. and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,

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

20. All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

21. Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.

22. Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

23. But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

24. And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

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