Leviticus 11-12

Leviticus 11 talks about clean and unclean food. Only animals that have a split hoof completely divided and that chew the cud can be eaten. So camels, rabbits, pigs - they are all unclean. As for things living in the water, anything that doesn't have fins and scales is to be detested. As for the birds, eagles, vultures, owls, ravens, they are bad too. Also all flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable (but some with joint legs like grasshoppers can be eaten---hmmm...) Also creatures that move about on the ground are unclean. Anything that touches unclean things becomes unclean.
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DICTIONARY: Cud: "the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time."
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Chapter 12 discusses women's purification after giving birth to children. If a woman gives birth to a boy, she is to be unclean for 33 days; if daughter, she is to be unclean for 66 days (why??!). After the purification period, the woman will give a burnt offering and a sin offering (to be made ceremonially clean).