2. You are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. He has chosen you to be his special treasure. He chose you out of all of the nations on the face of the earth.
3. Don't eat anything the Lord hates.
4. Here are the only animals you can eat. You can eat oxen, sheep, goats,
5. deer, gazelles, roe deer, wild goats, ibexes, antelope and mountain sheep.
6. You can eat any animal that has hoofs that are separated completely in two. But it must also chew the cud.
7. Some animals only chew the cud. Others only have hoofs that are completely separated in two. The camel, rabbit and rock badger chew the cud, but they don't have hoofs that are completely separated. So you can't eat them. They are not "clean" for you.
8. Pigs aren't "clean" for you either. They have hoofs that are completely separated, but they don't chew the cud. So don't eat their meat. And don't touch their dead bodies.
9. Many creatures live in water. You can eat all of the ones that have fins and scales.