Leviticus 11:24–40

²⁴“Regarding the creatures mentioned above, this is how you would become unclean: Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ²⁵Whoever carries any part of their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening. ²⁶All animals whose hoofs are not completely divided or that don’t chew their cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them is unclean. ²⁷All four-legged animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ²⁸Those who carry the dead body of any of these animals must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you. 

²⁹“The following swarming creatures that move on the ground are unclean for you—moles, mice, and all types of lizards: ³⁰geckos, monitors, lizards, skinks, and chameleons. ³¹Among all the swarming creatures that move on the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ³²When the dead body of one of these creatures falls on something, that thing will be unclean. It may be a wooden article, clothing, leather, a sack, or anything used for any purpose. It should be put in water and will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean ⸤again⸥. 

³³“If any of these creatures falls into a piece of pottery, break the pottery because everything in it is unclean. ³⁴If water ⸤from that pottery⸥ touches any food, the food is unclean. Any liquid that you drink from that pottery is unclean. ³⁵Anything on which their dead bodies fall is unclean. If it is an oven or a stove, smash it. It is unclean and will remain unclean for you. ³⁶However, a spring or a cistern holding water will remain clean. But anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean. ³⁷If their dead bodies fall on seed that is to be planted, the seed is clean. ³⁸But if water is poured on the seed and their dead bodies fall on it, the seed is unclean for you. 

³⁹“When any animal that you are allowed to eat dies, whoever touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. ⁴⁰Those 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.