27. And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are temei'im unto you; whosoever toucheth their nevelah shall be tamei until erev.
28. And he that beareth the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev; they are temei'im unto you.
29. These also shall be tamei unto you among the creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz: the weasel, and the rat, and the great lizard after its kind,
30. And the gecko, and the land crocodile, and the skink, and the lizard, and the chameleon.
31. These are temei'im to you among all that creep; whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be tamei until erev.
32. And whatsoever of them, when they are dead, doth fall on something, it shall be tamei; whether it be any vessel of wood, or cloth, or hide, or sackcloth, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any melachah (work) is done, it must be put into mayim, and it shall be tamei until erev; then it shall be tahor (clean).
33. And every clay vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be tamei; and ye shall break it.
34. Of all okhel which may be eaten, that on which such mayim cometh shall be tamei; and all mashkeh that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be tamei.
35. And everything whereupon any part of their nevelah falleth shall be tamei; whether it be oven, or stove, they shall be broken; for they are temei'im and shall be temei'im unto you.
36. Nevertheless a spring or cistern, wherein there is a mikveh mayim (collection of water) shall be tahor; but that which toucheth their nevelah shall be tamei.
37. And if any part of their nevelah fall upon any zera for sowing which is to be sown, it shall be tahor.
38. But if any mayim be put upon the zera, and any part of their nevelah fall thereon, it shall be tamei unto you.
39. And if any behemah, of which ye may eat, die, he that toucheth the nevelah thereof shall be tamei until erev.
40. And he that eateth of the nevelah of it shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev; he also that picketh up the nevelah of it shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev.
41. And every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz shall be sheketz; it shall not be eaten.
42. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath marbeh raglayim (many feet) among all creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz, them ye shall not eat; for they are sheketz.
43. Ye shall not make your nefashot sheketz with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves tamei with them, that ye should be made tamei thereby.
44. For I am Hashem Eloheichem; ye shall therefore set yourselves apart as kodesh, and ye shall be kadoshim; for I am kadosh; neither shall ye make your nefashot tamei with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz.