Clean and Unclean: Impurity of Persons

People could become impure in various ways, for example by:

excretion of bodily fluids;
touching a dead body;
contact with an impure person or object.

Related Bible passages

Leviticus 12 Numbers 19

Religion of Israel

Clean and Unclean

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Clean and Unclean: Impurity of Persons

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Clean and Unclean: The Origin of the Biblical Purity Laws

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