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Leviticus 11:4-16 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

4. However, these you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have a divided hoof: the camel, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

5. and the coney, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

6. and the hare, because it is a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided—it is unclean for you;

7. and the pig, because it has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in the hoof but it does not chew cud—it is unclean for you.

8. You must not eat from their meat, and you must not touch their dead body—they are unclean for you.

9. “ ‘These you may eat from all that are in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams—such you may eat.

10. But any that does not have a fin and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, among all the water’s swarmers among all the living creatures that are in the water—they are a detestable thing to you.

11. And they shall be detestable to you; you must not eat from their meat, and you must detest their dead body.

12. Any that does not have a fin and scales in the water—it is a detestable thing to you.

13. “ ‘And these you must detest from the birds; they must not be eaten—they are detestable: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,

14. and the red kite and the black kite according to its kind,

15. every crow according to its kind,

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

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