Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11

1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, a 'These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: 3 'Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud - that you may eat. 4 'Nevertheless these you shall b not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is 1 unclean to you; 5 'the 2 rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is 3 unclean to you; 6 'the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; 7 'and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, c is unclean to you. 8 'Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. d They are unclean to you.

9 e 'These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers - that you may eat. 10 'But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are 4 an f abomination to you. 11 'They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. 12 'Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales - that shall be an abomination to you.

13 g 'And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14 'the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15 'every raven after its kind, 16 'the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; 17 'the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; 18 'the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; 19 'the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20 'All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21 'Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22 'These you may eat: h the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23 'But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.

24 'By these you shall become 5 unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 'whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them i shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 'The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27 'And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28 'Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.

29 'These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, j the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; 30 'the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 'These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever k touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32 'Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be 6 unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, l it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. 33 'Any m earthen vessel into which any of them falls n you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: 34 'in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. 35 'And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36 'Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. 37 'And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. 38 'But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes 7 unclean to you.

39 'And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be o unclean until evening. 40 p 'He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

41 'And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be 8 an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42 'Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth - these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43 q 'You shall not make 9 yourselves 10 abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 'For I am the LORD your r God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and s you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 t 'For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. u You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 'This is the law 11 of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47 v 'to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.' "

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:4
    These are the animals which you may eat: the ox...
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never d...
    Daniel 1:8
    But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would ...
    Matthew 15:11
    "Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; bu...
    Acts 10:12
    In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of ...
    Acts 10:14
    But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never...
    Romans 14:14
    I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that ...
    Hebrews 9:10
    Concerned only with foods and drinks, various w...
    Hebrews 13:9
    Do not be carried about with various and strang...
  2. Cross References
    Acts 10:14
    But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:4
    Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels.
    Isaiah 66:3
    He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine's blood; He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations.
    Isaiah 66:17
    Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
    Mark 5:1 - 17
    Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:11
    Depart! Depart! Go out from there, Touch no unc...
    Mark 7:2
    Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bre...
    Mark 7:15
    There is nothing that enters a man from outside...
    Mark 7:18
    So He said to them, "Are you thus without under...
    Acts 10:14
    But Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never...
    Acts 10:15
    And a voice spoke to him again the second time,...
    Acts 15:29
    That you abstain from things offered to idols, ...
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:9
    These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:18
    And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be imputed to him; it shall be an abomination to him who offers it, and the person who eats of it shall bear guilt.
    Leviticus 7:21
    'Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people.'"
    Deuteronomy 14:3
    You shall not eat any detestable thing.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 14:12 - 19
    But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard.
    Isaiah 66:17
    Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 3:4
    Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
    Mark 1:6
    Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:8
    He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes...
    Leviticus 15:5
    And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clot...
    Numbers 19:10
    And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer...
    Numbers 19:21
    It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He wh...
    Numbers 19:22
    'Whatever the unclean person touches shall be u...
    Numbers 31:24
    "And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh...
    Zechariah 13:1
    In that day a fountain shall be opened for the ...
    Hebrews 9:10
    Concerned only with foods and drinks, various w...
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assu...
    Revelation 7:14
    And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said ...
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:17
    Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Haggai 2:13
    And Haggai said, "If one who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?" So the priests answered and said, "It shall be unclean.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:12
    The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:28
    But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 15:12
    The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
    Psalms 2:9
    You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'
    Jeremiah 48:38
    A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure," says the LORD.
    2 Timothy 2:21
    Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
    Revelation 2:27
    He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels' - as I also have received from My Father.
  15. Cross References
    Haggai 2:11 - 13
    Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 22:31
    And you shall be holy men to Me: you shall not ...
    Leviticus 17:15
    And every person who eats what died naturally o...
    Leviticus 22:8
    Whatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he...
    Deuteronomy 14:21
    You shall not eat anything that dies of itself;...
    Ezekiel 4:14
    So I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Indeed I have never d...
    Ezekiel 44:31
    The priests shall not eat anything, bird or bea...
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:25
    You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 6:7
    I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
    Leviticus 22:33
    "who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD."
    Leviticus 25:38
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
    Leviticus 26:45
    But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.'
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 19:6
    'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests an...
    Leviticus 19:2
    Speak to all the congregation of the children o...
    Leviticus 20:7
    Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, f...
    Leviticus 20:26
    And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am ...
    Amos 3:3
    Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
    Matthew 5:48
    Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Fa...
    1 Thessalonians 4:7
    For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in ...
    1 Peter 1:15
    But as He who called you is holy, you also be h...
    1 Peter 1:16
    Because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy.
    Revelation 22:11
    "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he ...
    Revelation 22:14
    Blessed are those who do His commandments, that...
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 6:7
    I will take you as My people, and I will be you...
    Exodus 20:2
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of ...
    Leviticus 22:33
    "who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to b...
    Leviticus 25:38
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of ...
    Leviticus 26:45
    But for their sake I will remember the covenant...
    Psalms 105:43 - 45
    He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ...
    Hosea 11:1
    When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out o...
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:44
    For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
  22. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:10
    That you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean.
    Ezekiel 44:23
    And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
    Malachi 3:18
    Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
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