Leviticus 11
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Leviticus 11:39-45

39“ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.

40Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

41“ ‘Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten.

42You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean.

43Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.

44I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.

45I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

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