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.
43. Do not make yourself unclean by these animals; you must not become unclean by them.
44. I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.
45. I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt to be your God; you must be holy because I am holy.
46. “ ‘These are the teachings about all of the cattle, birds, and other animals on earth, as well as the animals in the sea and those that crawl on the ground.
47. These teachings help people know the difference between unclean animals and clean animals; they help people know which animals may be eaten and which ones must not be eaten.’ ”