Holman Christian Standard Bible

Leviticus 11:19-34 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

20. “All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

21. But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22. You may eat these:any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, and grasshopper.

23. All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.

24. “These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

25. and whoever carries any of their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

26. All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.

27. All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

28. and anyone who carries their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29. “These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you:the weasel, the mouse, any kind of large lizard,

30. the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31. These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.

32. When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean — any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33. If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you must break it.

34. Any edible food coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean.