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11 They must not touch the dead bodies of the animals from the sea or the river. They must not eat the meat from those other animals. 12 Animals from the sea and the river may have fins and scales on their bodies. Those are the only ones that you can eat. Those without fins or scales are unclean.

13 They must not eat some birds because they are not clean. They must not eat either the eagle or the vulture.

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11 And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean.(A) 12 Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.(B)

13 “‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle,[a] the vulture, the black vulture,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:13 The precise identification of some of the birds, insects and animals in this chapter is uncertain.