Leviticus 11:10   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales-whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water-you are to regard as unclean.

Leviticus 11:11   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean.

Leviticus 11:12   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.

Leviticus 11:16   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

Leviticus 11:19   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

Leviticus 11:21   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

Leviticus 11:30   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:32   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.

Leviticus 11:34   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean.

Leviticus 11:36   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.

Leviticus 11:37   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.

Leviticus 11:38   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:40   (Read all of Leviticus 11)

Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 12:1   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

The Lord said to Moses,

Leviticus 12:2   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

"Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

Leviticus 12:4   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

Leviticus 12:5   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

Leviticus 12:6   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

" 'When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.

Leviticus 12:7   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. " 'These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

Leviticus 12:8   (Read all of Leviticus 12)

But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.' "

Leviticus 13:1   (Read all of Leviticus 13)

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Leviticus 13:2   (Read all of Leviticus 13)

"When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin that may be a defiling skin disease, they must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.

Leviticus 13:3   (Read all of Leviticus 13)

The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.

Leviticus 13:4   (Read all of Leviticus 13)

If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.