Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. The summary of the ground-creature regulations: every creature that moves along the ground is unclean and not to be eaten. The ground-level creatures — the crawling and creeping things — are universally unclean regardless of species. The ground-level designation covers everything from insects to reptiles to small mammals that move close to or on the surface of the ground. The comprehensiveness of the prohibition communicates the universal uncleanness of the ground-dwelling category.

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