Unclean Creeping Things (Vermin)

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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;

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

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

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

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

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

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