¹⁹ You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.^{(A) 20} Two^(B) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind^(C) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.^(D)

² Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean^(A) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, ³ and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive^(B) throughout the earth.