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- And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
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- Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat of all the beasts which are on the earth.
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- Whatever hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts — that shall ye eat.
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- Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;
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- and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;
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- and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs — it shall be unclean unto you;
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- and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you.
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- Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.
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- These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;
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- but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters — they shall be an abomination unto you.
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- They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.
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- Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.
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- And these shall ye have in abomination of the fowls;
they shall not be eaten; an abomination shall they be: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
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- and the falcon, and the kite, after its kind;
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- every raven after its kind;
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- and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
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- and the owl, and the gannet, and the ibis,
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- and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,
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- and the stork;
the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
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- Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you.
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- Yet these shall ye eat of every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four: those which have legs above their feet with which to leap upon the earth.
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- These shall ye eat of them: the arbeh after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the hargol after its kind, and the hargab after its kind.
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- But every winged crawling thing that hath four feet shall be an abomination unto you.
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- And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean;
whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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- And whoever carrieth [ought] of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
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- Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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- And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
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- And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.
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- And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;
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- and the groaning lizard, and the great red lizard, and the climbing lizard, and the chomet, and the chameleon.
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- These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.
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- And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean;
all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done — it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.
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- And every earthen vessel into which [any] of them falleth — whatever is in it shall be unclean;
and ye shall break it.
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- All food that is eaten on which [such] water hath come shall be unclean;
and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every [such] vessel.
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- And everything where upon [any part] of their carcase falleth shall be unclean;
oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
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- Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean.
But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
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- And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;
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- but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
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- And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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- And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.
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- And every crawling thing which crawleth on the earth shall be an abomination;
it shall not be eaten.
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- Whatever goeth on the belly, and whatever goeth on all four, and all that have a great many feet, of every manner of crawling thing which crawleth on the earth — these ye shall not eat;
for they are an abomination.
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- Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
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- For I am Jehovah your God;
and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.
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- For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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- This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;
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- to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.
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