40. Those who eat any of its dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Those who carry its dead body away will wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41. “Any creature that swarms on the ground is disgusting and must not be eaten.
42. Don’t eat any creature with many legs that goes on its belly or on the ground like a four-legged animal, or any creature that swarms on the ground. Consider them disgusting.
43. Don’t become disgusting by eating anything that swarms on the ground. Never allow yourselves to become unclean because of them.
44. “Here is the reason: I am the Lord your God. You must live holy lives. Be holy because I am holy. Never become unclean by touching anything that swarms or crawls on the ground.
45. Here is the reason ⌊again⌋: I am the Lord. I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. Be holy because I am holy.
46. “These are the instructions about animals, birds, and every living creature that swims in the water and every creature that swarms on the ground.
47. These instructions help you distinguish between clean and unclean, the animals you may eat and those you may not eat.”