Leviticus 11:24-40

24“These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

25and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

26All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes unclean.

27All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

28and anyone who carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

29“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard,

30geckos, monitor lizards, common lizards, skinks, and chameleons.

31These are unclean for you among all the swarming creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.

32When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean — any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33If any of them falls into any clay pot, everything in it will become unclean; you are to break it.

34Any edible food coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean.

35Anything one of their carcasses falls on will become unclean. If it is an oven or stove, it is to be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

36A spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but someone who touches a carcass in it will become unclean.

37If one of their carcasses falls on any seed that is to be sown, it is clean;

38but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39“If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.

40Anyone who eats some of its carcass is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.