Leviticus 11:13-25

Living Bible

^13-19 “Among the birds, these are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the metire, the osprey, the falcon (all kinds), the kite, the raven (all kinds), the ostrich, the nighthawk, the seagull, the hawk (all kinds), the owl, the cormorant, the ibis, the marsh hen, the pelican, the vulture, the stork, the heron (all kinds), the hoopoe, the bat.

²⁰ “No insects may be eaten, ^21-22 with the exception of those that jump; locusts of all varieties—ordinary locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers—may be eaten. ²³ All insects that fly and walk or crawl are forbidden to you.

²⁴ “Anyone touching their dead bodies shall be defiled until the evening ²⁵ and must wash his clothes immediately. He must also quarantine himself until nightfall, as being ceremonially defiled.