Bible Verses About Creeping Things: Unclean

"'The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that swarm on the ground: the weasel, the mouse, the various kinds of lizards,

the gecko, the land crocodile, the skink, the sand-lizard and the chameleon.

They are unclean crawling creatures; whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean until evening.

Anything on which one of them falls when dead will become unclean -wooden utensil, article of clothing, leather, sacking -any utensil used for work; it must be put in water, and it will be unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

If one of them falls into a clay pot, whatever is in it will become unclean, and you are to break the pot.

Any food permitted to be eaten that water from such a vessel gets on will become unclean, and any permitted liquid in such a vessel will become unclean.

Everything on which any carcass-part of theirs falls will become unclean, whether oven or stove; it is to be broken in pieces -they are unclean and will be unclean for you;

although a spring or cistern for collecting water remains clean. But anyone who touches one of their carcasses will become unclean.

If any carcass-part of theirs falls on any kind of seed to be sown, it is clean;

but if water is put on the seed and a carcass-part of theirs falls on it, it is unclean for you.

"'If an animal of a kind that you are permitted to eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.

A person who eats meat from its carcass or carries its carcass is to wash his clothes; he will be unclean until evening.

"'Any creature that swarms on the ground is a detestable thing; it is not to be eaten -

whatever moves on its stomach, goes on all fours, or has many legs -all creatures that swarm on the ground; you are not to eat them, because they are a detestable thing.

You are not to make yourselves detestable with any of these swarming, crawling creatures; do not make yourselves unclean with them, do not defile yourselves with them.

For I am ADONAI your God; therefore, consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy; and do not defile yourselves with any kind of swarming creature that moves along the ground.