Bible verse
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
Leviticus 11:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 11.
4 But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
5 The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
10 But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
11 They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
12 Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
KJV
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you.
ASV
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
ERV
Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcases ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.
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