Leviticus 11:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Anyone who touches their dead bodies or anything touched by their dead bodies becomes unclean until evening.

Cross References

Genesis 1:20

God said, “I command the sea to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth.”

Leviticus 11:32

If something made of wood, cloth, or leather touches one of their dead bodies, it must be washed, but it is still unclean until evening.

Leviticus 14:46

Meanwhile, if any of you entered the house while it was closed, you will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 15:15

The priest will offer one of the birds as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me, then I will consider the man completely clean.

Leviticus 16:26

The one who led the goat into the desert and sent it off to the demon Azazel must take a bath and wash his clothes before coming back into camp.

Leviticus 17:15

If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you must take a bath and wash your clothes, but you are still unclean until evening.

Leviticus 22:6

Once you are unclean, you must take a bath, but you still cannot eat any of the sacred food until evening.

Numbers 19:7

After the ceremony, the priest is to take a bath and wash his clothes. Only then can he go back into the camp, but he remains unclean and unfit for worship until evening.