³ Or if he touches ^(A)human uncleanness—whatever uncleanness with which a man may be defiled, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty.

²¹ Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing, such as ^(A)human uncleanness, an ^(B)unclean animal, or any ^(C)abominable^[a] unclean thing, and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person ^(D)shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

⁸ Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. ^(A)They are unclean to you.

Unclean Animals

²⁴ ‘By these you shall become ^[a]unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening;

⁴⁵ “Now the leper on whom the sore is, his clothes shall be torn and his head ^(A)bare; and he shall ^(B)cover his mustache, and cry, ^(C)‘Unclean! Unclean!’

^22 (A)Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and ^(B)the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”

⁵ So I said: