New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 11:13-33 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

13. Of the birds, these you shall loathe; they shall not be eaten, they are loathsome: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14. the kite, the various species of falcons,

15. the various species of crows,

16. the eagle owl, the kestrel, the long-eared owl, the various species of hawks,

17. the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,

18. the barn owl, the horned owl, the osprey,

19. the stork, the various species of herons, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20. The various winged insects that walk on all fours are loathsome for you.

21. But of the various winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those that have legs jointed above their feet for leaping on the ground;

22. hence of these you may eat the following: the various kinds of locusts, the various kinds of bald locusts, the various kinds of crickets, and the various kinds of grasshoppers.

23. All other winged insects that have four legs are loathsome for you.

24. You become unclean by the following—anyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean until evening,

25. and anyone who carries any part of their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening—

26. by all hoofed animals that are not cloven-footed or do not chew the cud; they are unclean for you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.

27. Also by the various quadrupeds that walk on paws; they are unclean for you; anyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean until evening,

28. and anyone who carries their carcasses shall wash his garments and be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29. Of the creatures that swarm on the ground, the following are unclean for you: the rat, the mouse, the various kinds of lizards,

30. the gecko, the spotted lizard, the agama, the skink, and the chameleon.

31. Among the various swarming creatures, these are unclean for you. Everyone who touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32. Everything on which one of them falls when dead becomes unclean, including any article of wood, cloth, leather or goat hair—any article of which use can be made. It must be immersed in water and remain unclean until evening, when it again becomes clean.

33. Should any of these creatures fall into a clay vessel, everything in it becomes unclean, and the vessel itself you must break.