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Leviticus 11:17-31 Modern English Version (MEV)

17. and the little owl, the cormorant, and the screech owl,

18. and the white owl, the scops owl, and the osprey,

19. and the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20. All flying insects that walk, moving on all fours, shall be detestable to you.

21. Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet with which to hop on the ground.

22. Even of these you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

23. But all other flying insects that have four feet shall be detestable to you.

24. And by these you shall be unclean. Whoever touches the carcass of these shall be unclean until the evening.

25. Whoever carries any of the carcasses of these shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

26. The carcass of every animal that divides the hoof but is not completely split-hoofed nor chews the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27. Whatever animal that walks on its paws, among all manner of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28. He who carries the carcass of these shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

29. These also shall be unclean to you among the crawling things that move on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, and the great lizard of any kind,

30. and the gecko, the lizard, the wall gecko, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

31. These are unclean to you among all that crawl. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

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