³⁹ “If an animal which you are permitted to eat dies of disease, anyone touching the carcass shall be defiled until evening. ⁴⁰ Also, anyone eating its meat or carrying away its carcass shall wash his clothes and be defiled until evening.

^41-42 “Animals that crawl shall not be eaten. This includes all reptiles that slither along upon their bellies as well as those that have legs. No crawling thing with many feet may be eaten, for it is defiled.