And the Lord spake with Mosheh and with Aharon, bidding them and the sons of Aharon admonish the children of Israel to taste their food in purity, and to separate on account of uncleanness eighteen kinds of food to be rejected.

Speak with the children of Israel, saying: These are the animals which are fit to you for food, of every beast which is upon the earth.

Whatsoever divideth the hoof and is cloven-footed, and that which hath horns bringing up the cud among the beasts, that you may eat.

But you may not eat of the kinds that (only) bring up the cud, nor (of them which only) divide the hoof, because (they are) born of the unclean. The camel, because he bringeth up the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean to you.

And the coney, because he bringeth up the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean to you.

And the hare, because he bringeth up the cud, but divideth not the hoof, is unclean to you.

And the swine, because he divideth the hoof, and is cloven, footed, but cheweth not the cud, is unclean to you.

Of their flesh you shall not eat, nor touch their carcase; they are abominable to you.

And these you may eat, of all that are in the waters: every one that hath fins and scales in the seas and the rivers,

and of anything that is in the sea that crawleth, shall be an abomination to you,

and an abomination shall their jelly and their sauce be to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcase you shall have in abhorence, and from the use of them you must keep aloof.

Every one that hath fins nor scales in the waters shall be an abomination to you.

And these kinds of birds must be abominated: those not a finger long, or that have no vesicle (zephaq), or whose crop (kurkeban, ingluvies) peeleth not away, are not to be eaten they are abomination; the eagle, the black eagle, and the osprey,

and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

and every raven after his kind,

and the ostrich, and the night raven, and the gull, and the hawk after his kind,

and the snatcher of fish from the sea, and the ibis,

and the bustard, and the cuckoo, and the woodpecker,

and the white stork, and the black, after his kind and the woodcock, and the bat.

And every flying reptile that goeth upon four, the fly species, the wasp (or hornet) species, and the bee species shall be an abomination to you: nevertheless of honey of the bee you may eat.

So also of these you may eat, of every flying reptile that goeth upon four; every one that hath joints above his feet to leap therewith upon the ground.

Of these kinds of them you may eat: the wingless locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, the serpent-killer after his kind, and the karzeba, which is the palmerworm, after his kind.

But all flying reptiles which have four feet are to be an abomination to you;

and by them you would be defiled: whosoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until evening.

Whoever carrieth any of their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

All cattle which divide the hoof, but are not cloven-footed nor throw up the cud, are to be unclean to you any one who toucheth them shall be unclean.

Every one that goeth upon his paws of all animals that walk upon four shall be unclean to you.

Whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until evening. Whoever beareth their carcase shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; unclean are they to you.

And these also to you are such as defile; the blood, the skin, and the flesh of every reptile that creepeth upon the ground: the weasel, the mouse, black, red, and white, and the toad, after his kind;

and the sucking serpent, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the salamander.

These eight kinds are unclean to you among all reptiles: whoever toucheth them, their skin or their blood, shall be unclean until the evening.

And whatever upon which any part of their dead body may fall, as their members when separated from them, shall be unclean; every vessel of wood, or garment, or leather, or sack, anything in which work is done, in four measures of water it shall be dipped, and be unclean for use until evening, when it shall be purified.

And any earthen vessel into which any of them may fall, any vessel in which they may be, shall be unclean and be broken;

all food for eating upon which (such) water cometh shall be unclean, and any fluid which is used for drinking in any such vessel shall be unclean.

And any thing upon which a part of their carcass may fall shall be unclean, whether ovens or pans they shall be broken, they are defiled and shall be unclean to you.

But fountains and cisterns, the place of the collection of running waters, shall be clean: but he who toucheth the carcase of any of those things (that may have fallen) into the water shall be unclean.

And if any part of their carcase fall in the way upon seed that is to be sown, that which is sown dry shall be clean;

but if the carcase of any of them fall upon water that is put upon the seed when so wetted, the seed is unclean to you.

And if the limb of any clean beast that you may eat be torn and it die, whosoever toucheth its carcase shall be unclean until the evening.

He who eateth of its carcase shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; and he who carrieth its carcase shall wash his clothes, and be unclean till evening.

And every reptile that creepeth on the ground is an abomination, it shall not be eaten.

And whatever goeth upon its belly, and whatever animal crawleth upon four, from the serpent unto the caterpillar which hath many feet, of any reptile that creepeth upon the ground you may not eat, for they are an abomination.

You shall not contaminate your souls by any reptile that creepeth, nor defile yourselves with them, lest by them you make yourselves unclean.

For I am the Lord your God; therefore sanctify yourselves, and be holy, for I am Holy, and defile not your souls by any reptile that creepeth upon the ground:

for I am the Lord who have brought you up free from the land of Mizraim, that I may be a God to you; and you may be holy, for I am Holy.

This is the decree of the law concerning beasts, and birds, and every living animal that creepeth upon the ground;

for making distinction between the unclean and the clean; between the animal whose flesh may be eaten, and the animal whose flesh may not be eaten.