1   And our Lord spake to Moyses and ^note Aaron, saying:

2   Say to the children of Israel: These are the beasts which you ought to eate of al the liuing things of the earth.

3   Euerie one that hath the hoofe diuided, and cheweth the cudde among the cattel, you shal eate.

4   But whatsoeuer in dede cheweth the cudde, and hath an hoofe, but diuideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you shal not eate, and among the09Q0146 vncleane you shal repute it.

5   Cherogril which cheweth the cudde, and diuideth not the hoofe, is vncleane.

6   The hare also: for that also cheweth the cudde, but diuideth not the hoofe.

7   And the swine: which though it diuideth the hoofe, cheweth not the cudde.

8   The flesh of these you shal not eate, nor touch their carcasses, because they are vncleane to you.

9   These are the thinges that brede in the waters, and which it is lawful to eate. Al that hath finnes, and scales, aswel in the sea, as in the riuers, and the pooles, you shal eate.

10   But whatsoeuer hath not finnes and scales, of those that moue and liue in the waters, shalbe vnto you abhominable,

11   and execrable, their flesh you shal not eate,

Cleane and vncleane. and their carcasses you shal avoide.

12   Al that haue not finnes and scales in the waters, shal be polluted.

13   Of birdes these are they which you must not eate, and are to be auoided of you: The Eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey,

14   and the kite, and the vulture according to his kinde,

15   and euerie one of the rauens kinde, according to their similitude,

16   the ostrich, and the owle, and the sterne, and the hauke according to his kinde.

17   the scritchowle, and the diuer, and the storke,

18   and the swanne, and the onocratal, and the porphirion,

19   the herodian, and the charadrion according to his kind, the lapwing also, and the batte.

20   Of foules euerie one that goeth vpon foure feete, shal be abhominable to you.

21   And whatsoeuer walketh vpon foure feete, but hath the legges behind longer, wherwith he hoppeth vpon the earth,

22   that you shal eate, as is the bruke in his kind, the attake, and the ophiomach, and the locust, euerie one according to their kinde.

23   But of foule whatsoeuer hath foure feete onlie, shal be execrable to you:

24   and whatsoeuer shal touch the carcasses of them, shal be polluted, and shal be vncleane ^note vntil euen:

25   and if it be necessarie that he carie anie of these that be dead, he shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil sunne sette.

26   Euerie beast that hath a hoofe, but diuideth it not, neither cheweth the cudde, shal be vncleane: and whatsoeuer toucheth it, shal be defiled.

27   That which walketh vpon hands of al beasts, which goe on foure feete, shal be vncleane: he that toucheth their carcasses, shal be polluted vntil euen.

28   And he that carieth such carcasses, shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil euen: because al these thinges are vncleane to you.

29   These also shal be reputed among polluted thinges, of al that moue vpon the earth, the weesel and the mouse and the crocadile, euerie one according to their kinde,

30   the migale, and the camelean, and the stellion, and the lizard, and the moule:

31   al these are vncleane. He that toucheth their carcasses, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

32   and that wherupon anie thing of their carcasses falleth, shal be polluted aswel vessel of wood and rayment, as skinnes and haireclothes: and in whatsoeuer vessel anie worke is done, they shal be dipped in water, and shal be polluted vntil euen, and so afterward shal be cleane.

33   But the earthen vessel, wherinto anie of these falleth within it, shal be polluted, and therfore is to be broken.

34   Al

Cleane and vncleane. meate, which you shal eate, if the water be poured vpon it, shal be vncleane; and al liquor that is dronke of al vessel, shal be vncleane.

35   And vpon whatsoeuer ought of such carcasses falleth, it shal be vncleane: whether ouens, or pottes with feete, they shal be distroyed, and shal be vncleane.

36   But the fountaines and the cesternes, and al collection of waters shal be cleane. He that toucheth their carcasse, shal be polluted.

37   If it fal vpon seede corne it shal not pollute it.

38   But if any man poure water vpon the seede, and afterward it be touched with the carcasses, it shal be forthwith polluted.

39   If a beast be dead, of which it is lawful for you to eate, he that toucheth the carcasse therof, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

40   and he that eateth or carieth anie thing therof; shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil euen.

41   Al that creepeth vpon the earth, shal be abhominable, neither shal it be taken for meate.

42   Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the brest on foure feete, and hath manie feete, or traileth on the earth, you shal not eate, because it is abhominable.

43   Doe not contaminate your soules, nor touch ought therof, lest you be vncleane.

44   For I am the Lord your God: be holie, because I am holie. Pollute not your soules in anie creeping beast, that moueth vpon the earth.

45   For I am the Lord, that brought you out of the Land of Ægypt, that I might be your God.

46   You shal be holie because I am holie.

47   This is the lawe of beasts and foules, and of euerie liuing soule, that moueth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth,

48   that you may know the differences of the cleane, and the vncleane, and know what you ought to eate, and what to refuse.

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