contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag 2:13; comp. Nu 19:16,22; Le 11:39).
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, shall die; he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
And whoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
And whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until the evening.
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body shall touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.