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Leviticus 21:1
The Lord said to Moses,“ Give the following instructions to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.“ A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean by touching the dead body of a relative.
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Leviticus 13:46
As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place outside the camp.
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Numbers 9:6-10
But some of the men had been ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, so they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They came to Moses and Aaron that dayand said,“ We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the Lord’s offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”Moses answered,“ Wait here until I have received instructions for you from the Lord.”This was the Lord’s reply to Moses.“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people now or in future generations are ceremonially unclean at Passover time because of touching a dead body, or if they are on a journey and cannot be present at the ceremony, they may still celebrate the Lord’s Passover.
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Numbers 12:14
But the Lord said to Moses,“ If her father had done nothing more than spit in her face, wouldn’t she be defiled for seven days? So keep her outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be accepted back.”
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Numbers 31:19
And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days.
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Numbers 19:11-16
“ All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.They must purify themselves on the third and seventh days with the water of purification; then they will be purified. But if they do not do this on the third and seventh days, they will continue to be unclean even after the seventh day.All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the Lord’s Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.“ This is the ritual law that applies when someone dies inside a tent: All those who enter that tent and those who were inside when the death occurred will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.Any open container in the tent that was not covered with a lid is also defiled.And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days.
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Leviticus 15:2-27
“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“ Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.“ When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the man before the Lord for his discharge.“ Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.“ Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.“ If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
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2 Kings 7 3
Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates.“ Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other.
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Deuteronomy 24:8-9
“ In all cases involving serious skin diseases, be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them.Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.
