21 Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on the earth.

 

22 Of them you may eat: the locust according to its kind, the bald locust according to its kind, the cricket according to its kind, and the grasshopper according to its kind.

 

23 But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.

 

24 "And by these you shall become unclean; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

 

25 and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

 

26 Every animal which parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you; every one who touches them shall be unclean.

 

27 And all that go on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

 

28 and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

 

29 "And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,

 

30 the gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

 

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

 

32 And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any vessel that is used for any purpose; it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

 

33 And if any of them falls into any earthen vessel, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

 

34 Any food in it which may be eaten, upon which water may come, shall be unclean; and all drink which may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean.

 

35 And everything upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven or stove, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

 

36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean; but whatever touches their carcass shall be unclean.

 

37 And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed for sowing that is to be sown, it is clean;

 

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

 

39 "And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

 

40 and he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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