New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 11:7-23 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

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.

12. Every water creature that lacks fins or scales is loathsome for you.

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.