Leviticus 11:43

43 Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

Leviticus 11:43 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:43

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping
thing that creepeth
With any creeping thing that flies in the air, excepting the four sorts of locusts, ( Leviticus 11:22 ) and with any creeping thing in the waters, ( Leviticus 11:10 ) or with anything that creeps on the land, by eating any of them; which being abominable for food, would make the eater of them so to God, he thereby breaking a command of his:

neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them;
by touching and bearing them, as with dead beasts, so with dead flies and the like:

that ye should be defiled thereby;
in a ceremonial sense.

Leviticus 11:43 In-Context

41 "All the creatures that swarm on the earth are detestable; they must not be eaten.

42 Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are detestable.

43 Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

44 For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

45 For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.