27 All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening, 28 and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you. 29 The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
Leviticus 11:27–29
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