26. “‘Some animals have split hooves. But the hooves are not completely divided. And some animals do not chew the cud. They are unclean for you. Anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean.
27. Other animals do not have hooves at all. They walk on their paws. These animals are unclean for you. Anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean. He will be unclean until evening.
28. Anyone who picks up their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
29. “‘These crawling animals are unclean for you: moles, rats, all kinds of great lizards,
30. geckos, crocodiles, lizards, sand reptiles and chameleons.
31. These crawling animals are unclean for you. Anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
32. “‘If an unclean animal dies and falls on something, that thing will also become unclean. The animal might fall on a thing made from wood, cloth, leather or rough cloth. It does not matter what the thing was used for. Whatever the animal falls on must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.
33. The dead, unclean animal might fall into a clay bowl. If it does, anything in the bowl will become unclean. And you must break the bowl.
34. If water from the unclean clay bowl gets on any food, that food will become unclean.
35. If any dead, unclean animal falls on something, that thing becomes unclean. The animal may fall on a clay oven or a clay baking pan. If so, 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. A dead, unclean animal might fall on a seed to be planted. That seed is still clean.
38. But you might put water on some seeds. If a dead, unclean animal falls on those seeds, they are unclean for you.
39. “‘Also, an animal which you use for food may die. If it does, 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. He will be unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up the animal’s dead body must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.
41. “‘Every animal that crawls on the ground is one of the hated animals. It must not be eaten. Anyone who picks up the animal’s dead body must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.