24. They will make you unclean. If you touch the dead bodies of these insects, you will become unclean until evening.
25. If you pick up one of these dead insects, you must wash your clothes. You will be unclean until evening.
26-27. “Some animals have split hooves, but the hooves don’t make exactly two parts. Some animals don’t chew the cud. Some animals don’t have hooves—they walk on their paws. All these animals are unclean for you. If you touch them, you will become unclean until evening.
28. If you pick up the dead bodies of these unclean animals, you must wash your clothes. You will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
29. “These small animals are unclean for you: moles, mice, all kinds of great lizards,
30. geckos, crocodiles, lizards, sand reptiles, and chameleons.
31. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
32. “If any of these unclean animals dies and falls on something, that thing will become unclean. It might be something made from wood, cloth, leather, or sackcloth. Whatever it is or is used for, it must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.