Common English Bible

Leviticus 11:13-25 Common English Bible (CEB)

13. Of the birds, the following are the ones you must detest—they must not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the black vulture, the bearded vulture,

14. the kite, any kind of falcon,

15. any kind of raven,

16. the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, any kind of hawk,

17. the tawny owl, the fisher owl, the screech owl,

18. the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey,

19. the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20. Any flying insect that walks on four feet is detestable to you,

21. but you can eat four-footed flying insects that have jointed legs above their feet with which they hop on the ground.

22. Of these you can eat the following: any kind of migrating locust, any kind of bald locust, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

23. But every other flying insect that has four feet is detestable to you.

24. You make yourself unclean by the following animals—whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening,

25. and anyone who carries any part of their dead bodies must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening: