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More Ceremonially Unclean Animals “The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean.  If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.  If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.  “Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you.  If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.  Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean.  If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.  If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and ( still ) you will remain defiled until evening.  These animals are  (also)  unclean for you.  “Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the s...

Ceremonially Clean and Unclean Animals Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  “Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.  You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.  You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both.  The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.  The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.  The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.  The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.  You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.  They are ceremonially unclean for you.  “Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food.  You may eat anything from the water, if it has b...