the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
the water hen, the desert owl,[7 (#ulink_7f761d0f-1b21-5d82-85c0-4fda1f36108a)] the carrion vulture,
the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.[8 (#ulink_9a034223-47b5-50bb-a979-1c44d05a377c)]
20 All winged insects that walk upon all fours are detestable to you.
But among the winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to leap on the ground.
Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.
But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.
24 By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,
and whoever carries any part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
Every animal that has divided hoofs but is not cleft-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean for you; everyone who touches one of them shall be unclean.
All that walk on their paws, among the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,
and the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.
29 These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,
the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.
These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether an article of wood or cloth or skin or sacking, any article that is used for any purpose; it shall be dipped into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean.
And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel.
Any food that could be eaten shall be unclean if water from any such vessel comes upon it; and any liquid that could be drunk shall be unclean if it was in any such vessel.
Everything on which any part of the carcass falls shall be unclean; whether an oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall remain unclean for you.
But a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, while whatever touches the carcass in it shall be unclean.
If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean;
but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
39 If an animal of which you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
Those who eat of its carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening; and those who carry the carcass shall wash their clothes and be unclean until the evening.
41 All creatures that swarm upon the earth are detestable; they shall not be eaten.
Whatever moves on its belly, and whatever moves on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the creatures that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.
You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them, and so become unclean.
For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming creature that moves on the earth.
For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.
For reflection: Leviticus 11:44–45
We actually are, at present, creatures whose character must be, in some respects, a horror to God, as it is, when we really see it, a horror to ourselves. This I believe to be a fact: and I notice that the holier a man is, the more fully he is aware of that fact.
—from The Problem of Pain
46 This is the law pertaining to land animal and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,
to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.
12 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Speak to the people of Israel, saying:
If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be ceremonially unclean seven days; as at the time of her menstruation, she shall be unclean.
On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Her time of blood purification shall be thirty-three days; she shall not touch any holy thing, or come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification are completed.
If she bears a female child, she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her menstruation; her time of blood purification shall be sixty-six days.
6 When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
He shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement on her behalf; then she shall be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, male or female.
If she cannot afford a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf, and she shall be clean.
13 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous[9 (#ulink_8323cde7-1e13-5120-9423-b658a53646fa)] disease on the skin of his body, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.
The priest shall examine the disease on the skin of his body, and if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous[9 (#ulink_8323cde7-1e13-5120-9423-b658a53646fa)] disease; after the priest has examined him he shall pronounce him ceremonially unclean.
But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall confine the diseased person for seven days.
The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if he sees that the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall confine him seven days more.
The priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the disease has abated and the disease has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
But if the eruption spreads in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest.
The priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous[9 (#ulink_8323cde7-1e13-5120-9423-b658a53646fa)] disease.
