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Deuteronomy 14:10-21 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. But don't eat anything that doesn't have fins and scales. It isn't "clean" for you.

11. You can eat any "clean" bird.

12. But there are many birds you can't eat. They include eagles, vultures, and black vultures.

13. They include red kites, black kites and all kinds of falcons.

14. They include all kinds of ravens.

15. They include horned owls, screech owls, gulls and all kinds of hawks.

16. They include little owls, great owls, white owls

17. and desert owls. They include ospreys and cormorants.

18. They include storks and all kinds of herons. They also include hoopoes and bats.

19. All insects that fly together in groups are "unclean" for you. So don't eat them.

20. But you can eat any creature that has wings and is "clean."

21. If you find something that's already dead, don't eat it. You can give it to an outsider who is living in any of your towns. He can eat it. Or you can sell it to someone who is from another country. But you are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

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