The flesh of these you shall not eat, nor shall you touch their carcasses, because they are unclean to you.

they are unclean

Leviticus 5:2 Whosoever toucheth any unclean thing, either that which hath been killed by a beast, or died of itself, or any other creeping thing: and forgetteth his uncleanness, he is guilty, and hath offended.

Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing: go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that carry the vessels of the Lord.

Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians.

Matthew 15:11,20 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. . . .

Mark 7:2,15,18 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. . . .

Acts 10:10-15 And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind. . . .

Acts 10:28 And he said to them: you know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew to keep company or to come unto one of another nation: but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean.

Acts 15:29 That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication: from which things keeping yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well.

Romans 14:14-17,21 I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:8 But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more: nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing:

Ephesians 5:7,11 Be ye not therefore partakers with them. . . .

Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of a festival day or of the new moon or of the sabbaths,

Colossians 2:21-23 Touch not: taste not: handle not. . . .

Hebrews 9:10 And divers washings and justices of the flesh laid on them until the time of correction.