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.