Leviticus 11:39-41

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁹ “And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening, ⁴⁰ and he who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

⁴¹ “Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.