37. ‘And when any of their carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
38. ‘But when any water is put on the seed and any part of any such carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39. ‘And when any of the beasts which are yours for food dies, he who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
40. ‘And he who eats of its carcass has to wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its carcass has to wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening.
41. ‘And every creeping creature that creeps on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten.
42. ‘Whatever crawls on its stomach, and whatever goes on all fours, and whatever has many feet among all creeping creatures that creep on the earth, these you do not eat, for they are an abomination.
43. ‘Do not make yourselves abominable with any creeping creature that creeps, and do not make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.
44. ‘For I am יהוה your Elohim, and you shall set yourselves apart. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart. And do not defile yourselves with any creeping creature that creeps on the earth.
45. ‘For I am יהוה who is bringing you up out of the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart.
46. ‘This is the Torah of the beasts and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,
47. to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that is not eaten.’ ”