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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them:
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Speak to the people of Israel, saying: From among all the land animals, these are the creatures that you may eat.
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Any animal that has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed and chews the cud—such you may eat.
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But among those that chew the cud or have divided hoofs, you shall not eat the following: the camel, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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The rock badger, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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The hare, for even though it chews the cud, it does not have divided hoofs; it is unclean for you.
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The pig, for even though it has divided hoofs and is cleft-footed, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.
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These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams—such you may eat.
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But anything in the seas or the streams that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and among all the other living creatures that are in the waters—they are detestable to you
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and detestable they shall remain. Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall regard as detestable.
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Everything in the waters that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.
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These you shall regard as detestable among the birds. They shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,
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the buzzard, the kite of any kind;
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every raven of any kind;