26 Bible Verses about Touching Unclean Things

Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty.

Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Depart, depart, go out from there,
Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.

‘Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh.

When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

‘By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening,

The pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.

Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean.

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

‘Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.

‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

Anyone who touches a corpse, the body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

Also whoever touches the person with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Likewise, whomever the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Furthermore, anything that the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’”

‘When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.

Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening;

Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.

Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and he who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed.

And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”