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Leviticus 11:19-31 New English Translation (NET)

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

20. “‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

21. However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs to hop with on the land.

22. These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind.

23. But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

24. “‘By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

25. and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

26. “‘All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.

27. All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

28. and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

29. “‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

30. the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon.

31. These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.

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