Leviticus 11:29-44

29Some animals that walk on the ground are not clean. You must not touch a weasel, a rat or a mouse.

30You must not touch any kind of lizard.

31A person might touch the dead body of one of those animals. If he does, he will not be clean. So they must keep him separate from the people until evening.

32A dead animal may fall onto something that someone made from wood, cloth or skin. That thing becomes unclean. A person must put it into water until the evening. Then it will be clean.

33A dead animal might fall into a pot. Then the pot and the things in it are not clean. The person must break the pot.

34The food or water from the pot is not clean. A person must not drink it or eat any of that food. Water from the pot may have touched some food. If it did, that food is not clean. You must not eat it.

35If a dead animal falls onto a cooking pot, then the pot is not clean. You must break the pot.

36If a dead animal falls into a fresh water stream, the stream stays clean. The pot that a person uses to get fresh water from the stream is clean.

37If a dead animal falls onto some seeds, they stay clean.

38A person might pour water on the seeds. A dead animal might fall on the wet seeds. Then those seeds are not clean.

39An animal that is good for food might die. A man might touch its dead body. If he does, they must keep him separate from the people until the evening.

40If a person eats meat from the body of the dead animal, he must wash his clothes. He will not be clean until the evening. If a person picks up the body of the dead animal, he must wash his clothes. He will not be clean until the evening.

41The people must not eat small animals that move across the ground.

42This means animals that pass across the ground on their stomachs. It also means animals that walk on four legs or many legs.

43The people must not touch them or eat them.

44God says, “I am the Lord your God. I am holy. Make yourselves holy. Do not touch any small animal that moves across the ground. If you do, you will not be clean or holy