Dry Foods In Those Containers Are Clean But Wet Foods Are Unclean (Leviticus 11:34-35).
“All food in them which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. And every thing on which any part of their carcase falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.”
Anything to be eaten or drunk which has been affected by water and is in a container where a dead rodent or reptile has fallen becomes unclean and must not be eaten or drunk. It has left its sphere of purity. The water has clearly spread the ‘uncleanness'. Again it is emphasised that earthenware ovens and earthenware pots must be destroyed if a dead rodent or reptile falls in them. They have left their proper sphere. They are unclean. These distinctions must surely arise from a recognition of health dangers seen in terms of uncleanness, as well as emphasising the avoidance of the unseemly. The uncleanness of creeping things which creep in the dust must not be passed on to Israel in Israel's own possessions, for they are God's holy people and above the curse.