35. If any dead, unclean animal falls on something, it becomes unclean. If it is a clay oven or a clay baking pan, it must be broken into pieces. These things will be unclean; they are unclean for you.
36. “ ‘A spring or well that collects water will stay clean, but anyone who touches the dead body of any unclean animal will become unclean.
37. If a dead, unclean animal falls on a seed to be planted, that seed is still clean.
38. But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.
39. “ ‘Also, if an animal which you use for food dies, anyone who touches its body will be unclean until evening.
40. Anyone who eats meat from this animal’s dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up the animal’s dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41. “ ‘Every animal that crawls on the ground is to be hated; it must not be eaten.
42. You must not eat any of the animals that crawl on the ground, including those that crawl on their stomachs, that walk on all four feet, or on many feet. They are to be hated.