Orthodox Jewish Bible

Vayikra 11:18-29 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

18. And the white owl, and the pelican, and the osprey,

19. And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

20. All fowls that creep, going upon all fours, shall be sheketz unto you.

21. Yet these may ye eat of every winged insect that goeth upon all fours, which have jumping legs above their feet, to hop withal upon ha'aretz;

22. Even these of them ye may eat: the arbeh (locust) after its kind, and the katydid after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

23. But all other winged insects, which have four feet, shall be sheketz unto you.

24. And for these ye shall be temei'im; whosoever toucheth the nevelah of them shall be tamei until erev.

25. And whosoever pick up any of the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev.

26. Every beast which spliteth the hooves, and is not completely split, nor cheweth the cud, are temei'im unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be tamei.

27. And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are temei'im unto you; whosoever toucheth their nevelah shall be tamei until erev.

28. And he that beareth the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev; they are temei'im unto you.

29. These also shall be tamei unto you among the creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz: the weasel, and the rat, and the great lizard after its kind,