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Leviticus 11:2-13-19 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

2. for the people of Israel. You may eat any land animal

3. that has divided hoofs and that also chews the cud,

4-6. but you must not eat camels, rock-badgers, or rabbits. They must be considered unclean; they chew the cud, but do not have divided hoofs.

7. Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs, but do not chew the cud.

8. Do not eat these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean.

9. You may eat any kind of fish that has fins and scales,

10. but anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales must not be eaten.

11. Such creatures must be considered unclean. You must not eat them or even touch their dead bodies.

12. You must not eat anything that lives in the water and does not have fins and scales.

13-19. You must not eat any of the following birds: eagles, owls, hawks, falcons; buzzards, vultures, crows; ostriches; seagulls, storks, herons, pelicans, cormorants; hoopoes; or bats.

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