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'^(C1)These you may eat, of whatever is in the water: everything that has fins and scales, in the water, in the seas, or in the rivers, you may eat.

'^(C1)But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you,

and they shall be detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

'Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

'Moreover, these ^(C1)you shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the ^(F1)eagle, the vulture, and the ^(F2)buzzard,

the red kite, the falcon in its kind,

every raven in its kind,

the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in its kind,

the little owl, the cormorant, and the ^(F1)great owl,

the white owl, the ^(F1)pelican, and the carrion vulture,

the stork, the heron in its kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.

'All the ^(F1)winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

'Yet these you may eat among all the ^(F1)winged insects that walk on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to jump on the earth.

'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, the devastating locust in its kinds, the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds.

'But all other ^(F1)winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you.

'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

and ^(C1)whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

'As for all the animals which have a divided hoof but do not show a split hoof, or do not chew the cud, they are unclean to you; whoever touches them becomes unclean.

'Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you.

'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the ^(F1)great lizard in its kinds,

the gecko, the ^(F1)crocodile, the lizard, the ^(F2)sand reptile, and the chameleon.

'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

'Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a hide, or a sack—any article ^(F1)of which use is made—^(C1)it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.

'As for any ^(C1)earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break ^(F1)the vessel.

'Any of the ^(F1)food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any ^(F1)liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean.

'Moreover, everything on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a ^(F1)stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you.