Leviticus 11:27

And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Cross-references

Leviticus 11:20 lists winged insects that go on all fours as detestable, another category of unclean creatures in the same chapter.

Leviticus 11:23 clarifies that other four-footed insects are also detestable, continuing the list from which verse 27 comes.

Leviticus 11:24 provides the general rule that touching carcasses of these unclean animals makes one unclean until evening.

Judges 13:4 Allusion

In Judges 13:4, the command to eat nothing unclean directly invokes the dietary laws from Leviticus 11.

In Isaiah 52:11, the call to 'touch no unclean thing' echoes the Levitical purity laws, emphasizing separation from impurity.