Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Toucheth the dead
General references
Bible References
Toucheth the dead
Leviticus 11:31
These are those which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 21:1
And LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people,
Lamentations 4:14
They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
Haggai 2:13
Then Haggai said, If a man who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
Romans 5:12
Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you
Ephesians 2:1
Even you, who were dead in trespasses and sins
Hebrews 9:14
how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God?
General references
Leviticus 7:19
And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every clean man shall eat of it,
Leviticus 11:39
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, dies, he who touches the carcass of it shall be unclean until the evening.
Ezekiel 44:26
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.