Bible Verses

for I am the Lord your God. Choose the path of holiness and be holy, as I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean with any creatures that swarm on the ground,

Do not pollute yourselves with any swarming creature that could defile you,

Everything that crawls on its belly, moves on four legs, or has many legs is not permissible to eat.

All the creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean and cannot be eaten.

Anyone who eats the meat from a dead animal must wash their clothing and will remain unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up the dead body will also be unclean until evening and must wash their clothing.

If one of the animals used for food dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until evening.

but if the seed is wet and such a dead body falls on it, then it must be considered unclean.

If one of their dead bodies falls on any seed, the seed will remain clean;

A spring or cistern used for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches the dead body becomes unclean.

Anything that the dead body of such a creature may touch will also be unclean: if it is a clay stove or oven, they must be broken, for they are unclean, and you must treat them as such.