“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.”
Every animal that walks on its paws, among all the animals that walk on all fours, is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean till evening. The paw-walkers — carnivorous animals with clawed feet including cats, dogs, and bears — are a subcategory of unclean land animals. The paw criterion identifies the predatory land mammals: animals with claws and paws that hunt prey. The distinction between the hoof-walkers (potentially clean with the right criteria) and the paw-walkers (universally unclean) separates the herbivore-potential from the carnivore-category in the land animal system.
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