44 For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. 45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. 46 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
Leviticus 11:44–46
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