International Children’s Bible

Leviticus 11:9-20 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

9. “‘Some animals live in the sea or in a river. If the animal has fins and scales, you may eat it.

10. But some animals live in the sea or in a river and do not have fins and scales. This includes the things that fill the water. And it includes all other things that live in the water. You should hate them.

11. You must not eat any meat from them. Don’t even touch their dead bodies. This is because you should hate them.

12. You must hate any animal in the water that does not have fins and scales.

13. “‘Also, some birds should not be eaten. They should be hated. You must not eat any of these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures,

14. kites or any kind of falcon.

15. Don’t eat any kind of raven,

16. horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls or any kind of hawk.

17. Don’t eat little owls, cormorants, great owls,

18. white owls, desert owls or ospreys.

19. Don’t eat storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes or bats.

20. “‘Don’t eat insects that have wings and walk on all four feet. They are also to be hated.