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The people must bring the fat from their animals that was part of the offering made by fire, and they must present it to the Lord along with the thigh and the breast of the fellowship offering. They will be the regular share of the offerings for you and your children, as the Lord has commanded."

Moses looked for the goat of the sin offering, but it had already been burned up. So he became very angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons. He said,

"‘Some animals only chew the cud or only have split hoofs, and you must not eat them. The camel chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

The rock badger chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

The rabbit chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

Now the pig has a split hoof that is completely divided, but it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

You must not eat the meat from these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you.

"‘Some animals have split hoofs, but the hoofs are not completely divided; others do not chew the cud. They are unclean for you, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean.

Of all the animals that walk on four feet, the animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean until evening.

Anyone who picks up their dead bodies must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you.

"‘These crawling animals are unclean for you: moles, rats, all kinds of great lizards,

These crawling animals are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.

If any dead, unclean animal falls on something, it becomes unclean. If it is a clay oven or a clay baking pan, it must be broken into pieces. These things will be unclean; they are unclean for you.

But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.

"‘Also, if an animal which you use for food dies, anyone who touches its body will be unclean until evening.

I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don't make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.

"Tell the people of Israel this: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she will become unclean for seven days, as she is unclean during her monthly period.

But if she gives birth to a daughter, the mother will be unclean for two weeks, as she is unclean during her monthly period. It will be sixty-six days before she becomes clean from her loss of blood.

"‘After she has a son or daughter and her days of cleansing are over, the new mother must bring certain sacrifices to the Meeting Tent. She must give the priest at the entrance a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a dove or young pigeon for a sin offering.

He will offer them before the Lord to make her clean so she will belong to the Lord again; then she will be clean from her loss of blood. These are the teachings for a woman who gives birth to a boy or girl.