² Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, or a carcass of an unclean animal, or a carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean crawling things, and if it be hidden^◦ from him; he^◦ also shall be unclean, and be·​·guilty.

¹⁷ and he shall split^* it with its wings, he shall not separate^◦ it; and the priest shall burn· it ·for·​·incense on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire: it^◦ is a burnt·​·offering, a fire·​·offering, a restful smell to Jehovah.