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Leviticus 11:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

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Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;

But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;

You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.

And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.

But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.




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