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25 and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

Inedible Land Quadrupeds

26 “‘All[a] animals that divide the hoof, but it is not completely split in two,[b] and do not chew the cud[c] are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean.[d] 27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours[e] are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:26 tn Heb “to all” (cf. the note on v. 24). This and the following verses develop more fully the categories of uncleanness set forth in principle in vv. 24-25.
  2. Leviticus 11:26 tn Heb “divides hoof and cleft it does not cleave”; KJV “divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted”; NLT “divided but unsplit hooves.”
  3. Leviticus 11:26 tn See the note on Lev 11:3.
  4. Leviticus 11:26 sn Compare the regulations in Lev 11:2-8.
  5. Leviticus 11:27 tn Heb “the one walking on four.” Cf. Lev 11:20-23.