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Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.

Every animal that has divided hoofs but is not cleft-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean for you; everyone who touches one of them shall be unclean.

All that walk on their paws, among the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until the evening,

and the one who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean for you.

These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,

These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether an article of wood or cloth or skin or sacking, any article that is used for any purpose; it shall be dipped into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean.

Everything on which any part of the carcass falls shall be unclean; whether an oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall remain unclean for you.

If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean;

but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

Whatever moves on its belly, and whatever moves on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the creatures that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.

For I am the Lord your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming creature that moves on the earth.

For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.

When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

He shall offer it before the Lord , and make atonement on her behalf; then she shall be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, male or female.

If she cannot afford a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement on her behalf, and she shall be clean.

But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall confine the diseased person for seven days.

But if the eruption spreads in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest.

it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body. The priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not confine him, for he is unclean.

the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.