God's Word Translation

Leviticus 11:11-30 God's Word Translation (GW)

11. They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies disgusting.

12. Every creature in the water without fins or scales is disgusting to you.

13. “Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,

14. kites, all types of buzzards,

15. all types of crows,

16. ostriches, nighthawks, seagulls, all types of falcons,

17. little owls, cormorants, great owls,

18. barn owls, pelicans, ospreys,

19. storks, all types of herons, hoopoes, and bats.

20. “Every swarming, winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.

21. However, you may eat winged insects that swarm if they use their legs to hop on the ground.

22. You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper.

23. Every kind of winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.

24. “Regarding the creatures mentioned above, this is how you would become unclean: Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

25. Whoever carries any part of their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.

26. All animals whose hoofs are not completely divided or that don’t chew their cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them is unclean.

27. All four-legged animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

28. Those who carry the dead body of any of these animals must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you.

29. “The following swarming creatures that move on the ground are unclean for you—moles, mice, and all types of lizards:

30. geckos, monitors, lizards, skinks, and chameleons.