² “‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground)^(A) and they are unaware that they have become unclean,^(B) but then they come to realize their guilt;

²⁰ “‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you.^(A)

²⁹ “‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you:^(A) the weasel, the rat,^(B) any kind of great lizard, ³⁰ the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. ³¹ Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening. ³² When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth.^(C) Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean. ³³ If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.^{(D) 34} Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean. ³⁵ Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean. ³⁶ A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean. ³⁷ If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean. ³⁸ But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

³⁹ “‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies,^(E) anyone who touches its carcass^(F) will be unclean till evening. ⁴⁰ Anyone who eats some of its carcass^(G) must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.^(H) Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

⁴¹ “‘Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. ⁴² You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean. ⁴³ Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures.^(I) Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. ⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God;^(J) consecrate yourselves^(K) and be holy,^(L) because I am holy.^(M) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.^(N)

¹⁹ All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them.