Leviticus 11:24-40 - Purification After Touching Dead Animals
24 In such ye shall be unclean: whosoever touch the carcass of them shall be unclean unto the even, 25 and whosoever beareth the carcass of them, shall wash his clothes and shall be unclean until even. 26 "'Among all manner beasts, they that have hoofs and divide them not into two claws or that chew not the cud, shall be unclean unto you: and all that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And all that goeth upon his hands among all manner beasts that go on all fours, are unclean unto you: and as many as touch their carcasses, shall be unclean until the evening. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the even, for such are unclean unto you.
29 And these are also unclean to you among the things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the toad and all his kind, 30 the hedgehog, stellio, the lizard, the snail and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among all that move, and all that touch them when they be dead, shall be unclean until the evening. 32 And whatsoever any of the dead carcasses of them fall upon, shall be unclean: whatsoever vessel of wood it be, or raiment, or skin, or bag or whatsoever thing it be that any work is wrought with all. And they shall be plunged in the water and be unclean until the even, and then they shall be clean again. 33 "'All manner of earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, is unclean with all that therein is: and ye shall break it. 34 All manner meat that is eaten, if any such water come upon it, it shall be unclean. And all manner drink that is drunk in all manner such vessels, shall be unclean. 35 And whether it be oven or kettle, it shall be broken. For they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you: 36 Neverthelater, yet the fountains and wells and ponds of water, shall be clean still. But whosoever toucheth their carcasses, shall be unclean. 37 If the dead carcass of any such fall upon any seed used to sow, it shall yet be clean still: 38 but and if any water be poured upon the seed and afterward the dead carcass of them fall thereon, then it shall be unclean unto you.
39 If any beast of which ye eat die, he that toucheth the dead carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40 And he that eateth of any such dead carcass, shall wash his clothes and remain unclean until the evening. And he also that beareth the carcass of it, shall wash his clothes and be unclean until even.