1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,
2. “Tell the Israelites: ‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.
3. You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two) and that also chews the cud.
4. However, you must not eat these from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
5. The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
6. The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.
7. The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud.
8. You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.
9. “‘These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.
10. But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.
11. Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.
12. Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.