1. The Lord told Moses and Aaron
2. to say to the community of Israel:You may eat
3. any animal that has divided hoofs and chews the cud.
4-8. But you must not eat animals such as camels, rock badgers, and rabbits that chew the cud but don't have divided hoofs. And you must not eat pigs—they have divided hoofs, but don't chew the cud. All these animals are unclean, and you are forbidden even to touch their dead bodies.
9-12. You may eat anything that lives in water and has fins and scales. But it would be disgusting for you to eat anything else that lives in water, and you must not even touch their dead bodies.
13-19. Eagles, vultures, buzzards, crows, ostriches, hawks, seagulls, owls, pelicans, storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats are also disgusting, and you are forbidden to eat any of them.
20-23. The only winged insects you may eat are locusts, grasshoppers, and crickets. All other winged insects that crawl are too disgusting for you to eat.
24-28. Don't even touch the dead bodies of animals that have divided hoofs but don't chew the cud. And don't touch the dead bodies of animals that have paws. If you do, you must wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.
29-30. Moles, rats, mice, and all kinds of lizards are unclean.
31. Anyone who touches their dead bodies or anything touched by their dead bodies becomes unclean until evening.
32. If something made of wood, cloth, or leather touches one of their dead bodies, it must be washed, but it is still unclean until evening.
33. If any of these animals is found dead in a clay pot, the pot must be broken to pieces, and everything in it becomes unclean.