And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”
Leviticus 11:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creature that swarms; you shall not defile yourselves with them and so become unclean. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not make yourselves loathsome and abominable [by eating] any swarming thing that [multiplies by] swarms, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. American Standard Version (1901) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Common English Bible Do not make yourselves detestable by means of any swarming creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean with them or be made unclean by them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean, |
And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.”
And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human beings;
You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not bring abomination on yourselves by animal or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
and whoever touches any swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or any human being by whom he may be made unclean—whatever his uncleanness may be—