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## Leviticus 11:1-43 in Context (Verses 1–46 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/1) And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/2) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These *are* the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that *are* on the earth.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/3) Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, *and* cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/4) Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: *as* the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he *is* unclean unto you.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/5) And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he *is* unclean unto you.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/6) And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he *is* unclean unto you.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/7) And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he *is* unclean to you.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/8) Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they *are* unclean to you.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/9) ¶ These shall ye eat of all that *are* in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/10) And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which *is* in the waters, they *shall be* an abomination unto you:
 
 [11 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/11) They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/12) Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that *shall be* an abomination unto you.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/13) ¶ And these *are they which* ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they *are* an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
 
 [14 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/14) And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
 
 [15 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/15) Every raven after his kind;
 
 [16 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/16) And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
 
 [17 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/17) And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
 
 [18 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/18) And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
 
 [19 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/19) And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/20) All fowls that creep, going upon *all* four, *shall be* an abomination unto you.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/21) Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon *all* four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
 
 [22 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/22) *Even* these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/23) But all *other* flying creeping things, which have four feet, *shall be* an abomination unto you.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/24) And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/25) And whosoever beareth *ought* of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/26) *The carcases* of every beast which divideth the hoof, and *is* not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, *are* unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/27) And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on *all* four, those *are* unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/28) And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they *are* unclean unto you.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/29) ¶ These also *shall be* unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
 
 [30 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/30) And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/31) These *are* unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/32) And upon whatsoever *any* of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether *it be* any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel *it be*, wherein *any* work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
 
 [33 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/33) And every earthen vessel, whereinto *any* of them falleth, whatsoever *is* in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
 
 [34 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/34) Of all meat which may be eaten, *that* on which *such* water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every *such* vessel shall be unclean.
 
 [35 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/35) And every *thing* whereupon *any part* of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; *whether it be* oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: *for* they *are* unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
 
 [36 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/36) Nevertheless a fountain or pit, *wherein there is* plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.*
 
 [37 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/37) And if *any part* of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it *shall be* clean.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/38) But if *any* water be put upon the seed, and *any part* of their carcase fall thereon, it *shall be* unclean unto you.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/39) And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
 
 [40 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/40) And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
 
 [41 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/41) And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth *shall be* an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
 
 [42 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/42) Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon *all* four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they *are* an abomination.*
 
 [43 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/43) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.*
 
 [44 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/44) For I *am* the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I *am* holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 
 [45 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/45) For I *am* the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I *am* holy.
 
 [46 ](/kjv/leviticus/11/46) This *is* the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
 
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