1. Then the lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.
3. You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.
4. You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.
5. The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
6. The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.
7. The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.
8. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.
9. “Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.
10. But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.
11. They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.