Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
Leviticus 11:43 - Easy To Read Version Don’t let those animals make you filthy. [144] You must not become unclean! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not make yourselves loathsome and abominable [by eating] any swarming thing that [multiplies by] swarms, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. American Standard Version (1901) Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Common English Bible Do not make yourselves detestable by means of any swarming creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean with them or be made unclean by them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean, |
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
So you must treat clean [366] animals differently from unclean [367] animals. You must treat clean birds differently from unclean birds. Don’t eat any of those unclean birds, and animals, and things that crawl on the ground. I have made those things unclean.
He can become unclean if he touches any unclean crawling animals. And he can become unclean if he touches an unclean person. It does not matter what made that person unclean.