The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts may be used for any purpose, but you must not eat it.

When any one of them dies and falls on anything it becomes unclean—any item of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work. It is to be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

“If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.

The priest is to reexamine the contamination on the seventh day. If it has spread in the fabric, the warp, the woof, or the leather, regardless of how it is used, the contamination is harmful mildew; it is unclean.

Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.