or if you have touched an unclean creature of any sort, including an unclean person.
When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean for seven days, and if you touch her, you must take a bath, but you remain unclean until evening.
Once you are unclean, you must take a bath, but you still cannot eat any of the sacred food until evening.
When you are unclean, everything you touch becomes unclean, and anyone who touches you will be unclean until evening.