Defilement

Forbidden to the Jews Le 11:44,45

THINGS LIABLE TO CEREMONIAL

• The person Le 5:3
• Garments Le 13:59
• Furniture, &c Le 15:9,10; Nu 19:14,15
• Houses Le 14:44
• The land Le 18:25; De 21:23
• The sanctuary Le 20:3; Zep 3:4

CEREMONIAL CAUSED BY

• Eating unclean things Le 11:8; Ac 10:11,14
• Eating things that died Le 17:15
• Touching a dead body or a bone Nu 9:6,7; 19:11,16
• Touching a grave Nu 19:16
• Touching a dead beast Le 5:2; 11:24-28
• Being alone with a dead body Nu 19:14
• Mourning for the dead Le 21:1-3
• Having a leprosy Le 13:3,11; Nu 5:2,3
• Having an issue, &c Le 15:2; Nu 5:2
• Touching anything defiled by an issue, &c Le 15:5-11
• Going into a leprous house Le 14:46
• Sacrificing the red heifer Nu 19:7
• Burning the red heifer Nu 19:8
• Gathering the ashes of the red heifer Nu 19:10
• Touching an unclean person Nu 19:22
• Child bearing Le 12:2

Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition Mr 7:2; Mt 15:20

MORAL, CAUSED BY

• Following the sins of the heathen Le 18:24
• Seeking after wizards Le 19:31
• Giving children to Molech Le 20:3
• Making and serving idols Eze 20:17,18; 22:3,4; 23:7
• Blood shedding Isa 59:3

Moral, punished Le 18:24,25,28,29

Those under, removed from the camp Nu 5:3,4; De 23:14

PRIESTS

• To decide in all cases of Le 10:10; 13:3
• Specially required to avoid Le 21:1-6,11,12
• Not to eat holy things while under Le 22:2,4-6
• Punished for eating of the holy things while under Le 22:3

Cleansed by legal offerings Nu 19:18,19; Heb 9:13

Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off Nu 19:13,20

Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel Ac 10:15; Ro 14:14; Col 2:20-22

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of sin Mt 15:11,18; Jude 1:8
• Of unholy doctrines 1Co 3:16,17