1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
2. “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
3. Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
4. “‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
5. The cony, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.
6. The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn’t part the hoof, she is unclean to you.
7. The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
8. Of their meat you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
9. “‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
10. All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
11. and you detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.
12. Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
13. “‘These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,