1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
2. Speak to the Israelites and tell them: Of all land animals these are the ones you may eat:
3. Any animal that has hoofs you may eat, provided it is cloven-footed and chews the cud.
4. But you shall not eat any of the following from among those that only chew the cud or only have hoofs: the camel, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you;
5. the rock hyrax, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you;
6. the hare, which indeed chews the cud, but does not have hoofs and is therefore unclean for you;
7. and the pig, which does indeed have hoofs and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud and is therefore unclean for you.
8. You shall not eat their meat, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9. Of the various creatures that live in the water, you may eat the following: whatever in the seas or in river waters that has both fins and scales you may eat.
10. But of the creatures that swarm in the water or of animals that otherwise live in the water, whether in the sea or in the rivers, all those that lack either fins or scales are loathsome for you,
11. and shall always be loathsome to you. Their meat you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall loathe.