DEFILEMENT

→ Laws relating to Le 7:18-21; 11:43; 22:2-7

→ Caused by

• Leprosy Le 13:3,44-46; 14; 22:4-7

• Gonorrhea Le 15:1-15; 22:4

• Copulation Le 15:17

• Spermatorrhea Le 15:16,17

• Childbirth Le 12:2-8; Lu 2:22

• Menses Le 15:19-33; 2Sa 11:4

• Touching the dead Nu 19:11-22; 31:19,20

• Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal Le 11:39,40; 17:15,16; 22:8

• Touching carcass of an unclean thing Le 5:2-13; 11:8,24-28,31-38; 14:46-57; 15:5-11; De 23:10,11

• Killing in battle Nu 31:19,20

→ Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause Joh 18:28

→ Of priests Le 16:26,28; Nu 19:7-10; Eze 44:25,26

→ Egyptian usage, concerning Ge 43:32

→ See ABLUTION

→ See PURIFICATION

→ See UNCLEANNESS