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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 11, Verse 17

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And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
King James Version
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
American Standard Version
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
New English Translation
the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
World English Bible
the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
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And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
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And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
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[Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
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But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.
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And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
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And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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[The carcases] of every beast which divideth the hoof, and [is] not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, [are] unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on [all] four, those [are] unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.