Thematic Bible
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dead Bodies » Jewish laws concerning
his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
"'All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.
It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."