Reference

Leviticus 11:38

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
36

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

37

And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

38

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

39

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

40

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.

Counter-Arguments

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Levitical Dietary Law

The verse does not codify the clean/unclean *dietary* system. It deals with the ritual impurity of seeds that have come into contact with water and a dead carcass, making them unfit for consumption or use in a sacred context. While it relates to purity laws within the broader Levitical system, it doesn't directly list dietary restrictions or define what is clean or unclean to eat in the general sense, but rather how certain items become ritually defiled. The "Levitical Dietary Law" tag typically