39 “If one of the animals that you use for food dies,(a) anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening. 40 Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

Footnotes:

a. Leviticus 11:39: Dies of itself or by predators; this does not apply to animals slaughtered for food.

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