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Leviticus 11:4-13 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

4. But whatever certainly chews over again, but has a hoof that is not divided, such as the camel and others, these you shall not eat, and you shall consider them to be among what is unclean.

5. The rock rabbit which chews over again, and whose hoof is not divided, is unclean,

6. and so also is the hare, for it too chews over again, yet its hoof is not divided,

7. and also the swine, which, though its hoof is divided, does not chew over again.

8. The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.

9. These are the things that breed in the waters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that has little fins and scales, as much in the sea, as in the rivers and ponds, you shall eat.

10. But whatever does not have fins and scales, of those things that live and move in the waters, shall be abominable to you,

11. and detestable; their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

12. All that does not have fins and scales in the waters shall be polluted.

13. These are those things among the birds which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey,

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