I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan – to be your God.

The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.

Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

“‘Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

“‘Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.

but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God.

Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.

You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.

the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”

On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.

There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.’”

You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat – you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,