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Leviticus 11:21-35 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

21. But whatever certainly walks upon four feet, and also has longer legs behind, with which it hops upon the earth,

22. you shall eat, such as the beetle in its kind, and the cricket, and grasshopper, and the locust, each one according to its kind.

23. But among flying things, whatever has only four feet shall be detestable to you.

24. And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall be unclean until evening.

25. And if it will be necessary to carry any of these dead things, he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until the sun sets.

26. Every animal that certainly has a hoof, but which is not divided, nor does it chew over again, shall be unclean. And whoever will have touched it shall be contaminated.

27. Whatever walks upon its hands, out of all the animals that advance on all fours, shall be unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be polluted until evening.

28. And whoever will have carried this kind of carcass shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean until evening. For all these are unclean to you.

29. Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind,

30. the shrew, and the chameleon, and the gecko, and the lizard, and the mole.

31. All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.

32. And anything upon which something from their carcasses will have fallen shall be defiled, whether it is a vessel of wood, or a garment, or skins, or haircloths, or anything by which work is done. These shall be dipped in water and shall be defiled until evening, but then afterwards these shall be clean.

33. But an earthen vessel, into which something from these will fall, shall be defiled; and therefore it is to be broken.

34. Any of the foods that you eat, if water from such a vessel will have been poured upon it, it shall be unclean. And every liquid which one may drink from such a vessel shall be unclean.

35. And if anything from among these kinds of dead things has fallen upon it, it shall be unclean, whether it be an oven, or a pot with feet, these shall be unclean and shall be destroyed.

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