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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses and to▵ Aaron, saying to▵ them,
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Speak to▵ the sons of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat out··of all the beasts that are on the earth.
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All dividing◦ the hoof, and the cloven hoofs being··cloven, and brings··up the cud, among◦ the beast, it you shall eat.
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Surely this you shall not eat, from that which brings··up the cud, and from that which divides◦ the hoof: as the camel, for it◦ brings··up the cud, but divides◦ not◦ the hoof; it◦ is unclean for you.
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And the rabbit, for it◦ brings··up the cud, but divides◦ not the hoof; it◦ is unclean for you.
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And the hare, for it◦ brings··up the cud, but divides◦ not the hoof; it◦ is unclean for you.
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And the swine, though◦ it◦ divide◦ the hoof, and the cloven hoof be··cloven, yet it◦ chews not the cud; it◦ is unclean for you.
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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they◦ are unclean to you.
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These you shall eat of all that are in the waters; all that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them you shall eat.
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And all that have not◦ fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of all crawling things in the waters, and of any living soul which is in the waters, they◦ are detestable to you;
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and they shall be detestable to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall detest.
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All that has no fins nor scales in the waters, that◦ shall be detestable to you.
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And these you shall detest of the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they◦ are detestable; the eagle, and the peres, and the ozniyah*,
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and the kite, and the ayah according··to its kind;
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every raven according··to its kind;
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and the daughter of the owl, and the night··hawk, and the woodpecker, and the hawk according··to▵ his kind,
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and the little··owl, and the cormorant, and the screech··owl,
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and the swan, and the spoonbill, and the gier··eagle,
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and the stork, the heron according··to▵ her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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Every crawling flying thing, walking on four, it◦ shall be detestable to you.
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Only▵ these may you eat from every flying crawling thing that goes◦ upon four, which have◦ legs above their feet, to hop with them upon the earth;
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even these of them◦ you may eat; the locust according··to▵ his kind, and the rock··locust according··to▵ his kind, and the hargol* according··to▵ his kind, and the grasshopper according··to▵ his kind.
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But every other* flying crawling thing, which has◦ four feet, it◦ is detestable to you.
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And for these you shall be··unclean; anything◦ that touches the carcass of them shall be··unclean until the evening.
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And whoever carries anything of the carcass of them shall wash his garments, and be··unclean until the evening.
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The carcasses of every beast that divides◦ the hoof, but it◦ is not◦ cloven to be··cloven, and it brings· not◦ ·up the cud, they◦ are unclean for you; all who touch them shall be··unclean.
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And whatever goes◦ upon his paws*, among◦ all animals that go◦ on all four, those◦ are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcass shall··be··unclean until the evening.
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And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his garments, and be··unclean until the evening; they◦ are unclean to you.
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And these shall be unclean to you among◦ the crawling things that crawls on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise according··to▵ its kind,
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and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
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These are unclean to you among◦ all the crawling things; whoever touches them, in their death, he shall be··unclean until the evening.
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And all on which any of them◦ shall fall in their death, it shall be··unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it be, in which◦ any use* is done, it must be brought into water, and it shall be··unclean until the evening; and it shall be··clean.
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And every pottery◦ vessel, into▵ the midst of which falls of them◦, all that is in its midst shall be··unclean; and you shall break it.
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Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall··be··unclean; and all drink◦ that may be drunk in every such vessel shall··be··unclean.
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And every thing upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be··unclean; even an oven or◦ a furnace shall be torn··down; they◦ are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
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Surely a fountain and pit, a reservoir of waters, shall be clean; but that which touches their carcass shall be··unclean.
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And if▫ any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it◦ shall be clean.
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But if▫ any water be put◦ upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall upon it, it◦ shall be unclean to you.
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And if▫ a beast, which is for you for food, die, he◦ who touches its carcass shall be··unclean until the evening.
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And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his garments, and be··unclean until the evening; and he that bears the carcass of it shall wash his garments, and be··unclean until the evening.
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And any crawling thing that crawls upon the earth shall be detestable; it◦ shall not be eaten.
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Anything◦ that goes◦ on the belly◦, and anything◦ that goes◦ on four, even··to anything◦ that has··many feet, as··to any crawling thing crawling upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they◦ are detestable.
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Make not your soul to be··detestable with any crawling thing that crawls; and you shall not defile yourselves with them and be defiled by them.
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For I◦ am Jehovah your God; and you shall sanctify yourselves and you shall be holy; for I◦ am holy: neither shall you defile your soul with any crawling thing that creeps on the earth.
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For I◦ am Jehovah who brings· you ·up from the land of Egypt, to be for you for God; and you shall be holy, for I◦ am holy.
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This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living soul that creeps in the waters, and of every soul that crawls upon the earth;
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to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.
