Leviticus 11:28
“And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.”
The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
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“And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.”
“And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.”
“And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.”
“And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.”
“And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.”