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Leviticus 11:7-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

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,

14. and the kite, as well as the vulture, according to their kind.

15. and all that is of the raven kind, according to their likeness,

16. the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to its kind,

17. the owl, and the sea bird, and the ibis,

18. and the swan, and the pelican, and the marsh hen,

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