# Leviticus 11

> Lumin Translation

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Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them,
2. “Speak to the Israelites: These are the creatures you may eat among all the animals that are on the land.
3. You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, split all the way through, and that chews the cud.
4. But among those that chew the cud or have a divided hoof, you must not eat these: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
5. The rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof, is unclean for you.
6. The hare, because it chews the cud but does not have a divided hoof, is unclean for you.
7. The pig, because it has a divided hoof, split all the way through, but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you.
8. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9. Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat these: anything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.
10. But anything in the seas or in the streams that does not have fins and scales, among all the swarming creatures in the water and all the living creatures that are in the water, is detestable to you.
11. They are to be detestable to you. You must not eat their meat, and you must regard their carcasses as detestable.
12. Anything in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
13. Among the birds, these are the ones you must regard as detestable; they must not be eaten, for they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
14. the kite, any kind of falcon,
15. any kind of raven,
16. the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
17. the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
18. the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
19. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20. All winged swarming creatures that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
21. But among all the winged swarming creatures that walk on all fours, you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
22. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, any kind of bald locust, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
23. But all other winged swarming creatures that have four legs are detestable to you.
24. You will become unclean by these. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
25. and whoever carries any part of their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
26. Every animal that has a divided hoof but is not split all the way through, or that does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Whoever touches them will be unclean.
27. Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
28. and whoever carries their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
29. These are unclean for you among the swarming creatures that swarm on the ground: the weasel, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
30. the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
31. These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.
32. Anything that one of them falls on when they are dead becomes unclean, whether it is an article of wood or clothing or leather or sackcloth, any article that is used for work. It must be put in water, and it will be unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
33. If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes unclean, and you must break the pot.
34. Any food in it that could be eaten becomes unclean if water has come on it, and any liquid in any such container that could be drunk becomes unclean.
35. Anything on which any part of their carcasses falls becomes unclean. An oven or a stove must be broken down; they are unclean and are to remain unclean for you.
36. However, a spring or a cistern that collects water will remain clean, but whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean.
37. If any part of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it remains clean.
38. But if water has been put on the seed and any part of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39. If one of the animals that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.
40. Whoever eats any of its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41. Every swarming creature that swarms on the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
42. You must not eat any of the swarming creatures that swarm on the ground, whatever moves on its belly, whatever walks on all fours, or whatever has many feet, for they are detestable.
43. Do not make yourselves detestable by any swarming creature that swarms. Do not make yourselves unclean by them and so become defiled by them.
44. For I am Yahweh your God. Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. You must not make yourselves unclean by any swarming creature that creeps on the ground.
45. For I am Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. So you are to be holy, for I am holy.
46. This is the law about animals and birds and every living creature that moves in the water and every creature that swarms on the ground,
47. to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the creatures that may be eaten and the creatures that may not be eaten.”

## Nearby chapters

[Leviticus 10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/leviticus/10.md)
[Leviticus 12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/leviticus/12.md)

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