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What does Leviticus 11:27 mean?

"Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening."

— Leviticus 11:27 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

24

“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

25

Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

26

“‘Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27

Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28

He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

29

“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

30

the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

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