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Deuteronomy 14:8-20 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8. And also the pig because it has a division of the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you; from their meat you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

9. “This is what you shall eat from all that is in the water: everything that has fins and scales you may eat.

10. But anything that does not have fins and scales, you may not eat, for it is unclean for you.

11. “All of the birds that are clean you may eat.

12. Now these are the ones you shall not eat any of them: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,

13. and the red kite and the black kite or any kind of falcon,

14. and any kind of crow according to its kind,

15. and the ostrich and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,

16. the little owl and the great owl and the barn owl,

17. and the desert owl and the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

18. and the stork and the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat.

19. And also all of the winged insects; they are unclean for you; you shall not eat them.

20. You may eat any clean bird.

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