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Leviticus 11:22-41 Modern English Version (MEV)

22. Even of these you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

23. But all other flying insects that have four feet shall be detestable to you.

24. And by these you shall be unclean. Whoever touches the carcass of these shall be unclean until the evening.

25. Whoever carries any of the carcasses of these shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

26. The carcass of every animal that divides the hoof but is not completely split-hoofed nor chews the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27. Whatever animal that walks on its paws, among all manner of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

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

29. These also shall be unclean to you among the crawling things that move on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, and the great lizard of any kind,

30. and the gecko, the lizard, the wall gecko, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

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

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

33. Every clay vessel into which any of these falls, everything in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

34. Any food in it that may be eaten on which water is poured shall be unclean, and any drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

35. Everything on which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or stove, it shall be broken to pieces. They are unclean and shall be unclean to you.

36. Nevertheless a fountain or cistern where there is plenty of water shall be clean, but whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean.

37. If any part of their carcass falls on any grain seed that is to be sown, it shall be clean.

38. But if any water is put on the seed, and any part of their carcass fall on it, it shall be unclean to you.

39. If any animal from which you may eat dies, whoever touches the carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

40. And the person who eats of the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. The person who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

41. Every crawling thing that moves on the ground shall be detestable. It shall not be eaten.

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