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.
20. All winged insects are unclean,
21. except those that hop.
22. You may eat locusts, crickets, or grasshoppers.
23. But all other small things that have wings and also crawl must be considered unclean.
24-28. Whoever touches the dead bodies of the following animals will be unclean until evening: all animals with hoofs, unless their hoofs are divided and they chew the cud, and all four-footed animals with paws. Whoever carries their dead bodies must wash his clothes, but he will still be unclean until evening.
29-30. Moles, rats, mice, and lizards must be considered unclean.
31. Whoever touches them or their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
32. And if their dead bodies fall on anything, it will be unclean. This applies to any article of wood, cloth, leather, or sacking, no matter what it is used for. It shall be dipped in water, but it will remain unclean until evening.
33. And if their bodies fall into a clay pot, everything that is in it shall be unclean, and you must break the pot.