Leviticus 11:1-8

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Clean and Unclean Land Animals

11 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ²“Tell the Israelites: You may eat^(A) all these kinds of land animals.^(B) ³You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud. ⁴But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

camels,^(C) though they chew the cud,

do not have divided hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁵hyraxes,^(D) though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁶hares, though they chew the cud,

do not have hooves—they are unclean for you;

⁷pigs, though they have divided hooves,

do not chew the cud—they are unclean for you.

⁸Do not eat any of their meat or touch their carcasses—they are unclean for you.^(E)

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