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Leviticus 11:14-25 New Century Version (NCV)

14. kites, any kind of falcon,

15. any kind of raven,

16. horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,

17. little owls, cormorants, great owls,

18. white owls, desert owls, ospreys,

19. storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, or bats.

20. “ ‘Don’t eat insects that have wings and walk on all four feet; they also are to be hated.

21. “ ‘But you may eat certain insects that have wings and walk on four feet. You may eat those that have legs with joints above their feet so they can jump.

22. These are the insects you may eat: all kinds of locusts, winged locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

23. But all other insects that have wings and walk on four feet you are to hate.

24. Those insects will make you unclean, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these insects will become unclean until evening.

25. Anyone who picks up one of these dead insects must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

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