13 November 2008

Abominations in Leviticus 11

(Note: Quotations are from the Stone edition of the Tanach)
These shall you abominate from among the birds, they not be eaten -- they are an abomination: the nesher, the peres, the ozniah; the daah and the ayah according to its kind; every orev according to its kind; the bas hayaanah, the tachmos, the shachaf, and the netz, according to its kind; the kos, the shalach, and the yanshuf; the tinshemes, the kaas, and the racharm; the chasidah, the anafah according to its kind, the duchifas, and the atalef. (Leviticus 11:13-19)

Every flying teeming creature that walks on four legs -- it is an abomination to you. Only this may you eat from among all flying teeming creatures that walk on four legs: one that has jumping legs above its legs, with which to spring upon the earth. You may eat these from among them: the arbeh according to its kind; the sal'am according to its kind, the chargol according to its kind, and the chagav according to its kind. Every flying teeming thing that has four legs -- it is an abomination to you. (Leviticus 11:20-23)

Every teeming creature that teems upon the ground -- it is an abomination, it shall not be eaten. Everything that creeps on its belly, and everything that walks on four legs, up to those with numerous legs, among all the teeming things that teem upon the earth, you may not eat them, for they are an abomination. Do not make your souls abominable by means of any teeming thing; do not contaminate yourselves through them lest you become contaminated through them. (Leviticus 11:41-43)

1 comment:

The Simpleton said...

Teeming things, yum! I am so screwed. Which I suppose is the point.