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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 11, Verse 2

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And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth.
American Standard Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
New English Translation
“Tell the Israelites:‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land.
World English Bible
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
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Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: [as] the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he [is] unclean unto you.
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And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.
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Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.
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These shall ye eat of all that [are] in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
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And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you:
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They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
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Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you.