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130 Book of Leviticus

most clean place, thou and thy sons, and thy 4 But whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud, and
daughters with thee. For they are set aside for hath a hoof, but divideth it not, as the camel,
thee and thy children, of the victims of peace and others: that you shall not eat, but shall
offerings of the children of Israel. reckon it among the unclean.
15 Because they have elevated before the Lord 5 The cherogrillus which cheweth the cud, but
the shoulder and the breast, and the fat that is divideth not the hoof, is unclean.
burnt on the altar: and they belong to thee and 6 The hare also: for that too cheweth the cud,
to thy sons by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath but divideth not the hoof.
commanded. 7 And the swine, which, though it divideth
16 While these things were a doing, when the hoof, cheweth not the cud.
Moses sought for the buck goat, that had been 8 The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall
offered for sin, he found it burnt. And being an- you touch their carcasses, because they are un-
gry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron clean to you.
that were left, he said: 9 These are the things that breed in the wa-
17 Why did you not eat in the holy place the ters, and which it is lawful to eat. All that hath
sacrifice for sin, which is most holy, and given fins, and scales, as well in the sea, as in the rivers,
to you, that you may bear the iniquity of the and the pools, you shall eat.
people, and may pray for them in the sight of 10 But whatsoever hath not fins and scales,
the Lord. of those things that move and live in the waters,
18 Especially, whereas none of the blood shall be an abomination to you,
thereof hath been carried within the holy places:
11 And detestable. Their flesh you shall not
and you ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, eat: and their carcasses you shall avoid.
as was commanded me?
12 All that have not fins and scales, in the
19 Aaron answered: This day hath been of- waters, shall be unclean.
fered the victim for sin, and the holocaust before
13 Of birds these are they which you must
the Lord: and to me what thou seest has hap-
not eat, and which are to be avoided by you:
pened. How could I eat it, or please the Lord in
The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey.
the ceremonies, having a sorrowful heart?
14 And the kite, and the vulture, according
20 Which when Moses had heard he was sat-
to their kind.
isfied.
15 And all that is of the raven kind, according
to their likeness.
Chapter 11 16 The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus,
and the hawk according to its kind.
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 17 The screech owl, and the cormorant, and
2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the the ibis.
animals which you are to eat of all the living 18 And the swan, and the bittern, and the
things of the earth. porphyrion.
3 Whatsoever hath the hoof divided, and 19 The heron, and the charadroin according
cheweth the cud among the beasts, you shall eat. to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.