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Clean and Unclean
Clean and unclean is the distinction in Old Testament law that determined whether persons, animals, or objects were in a fit state to approach God and take part in worship. The New Testament carries this distinction forward in terms of purity of heart and the cleansing accomplished through Christ.
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- Dietary LawsBible
The dietary laws are the regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguished the clean foods the people of Israel were permitted to eat from the unclean foods they were forbidden to eat. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.
- Purity LawsBible
The purity laws are regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguish between the "clean" and the "unclean" in persons and objects and prescribe the procedures by which those who have become unclean may be made clean again. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11–15 and Numbers 19.
- Leviticus 13Bible
Leviticus 13 sets out the regulations by which the priest examined diseases of the skin and of the hair of the head and beard, as well as spots appearing on garments and leather, and pronounced them clean or unclean.
- Deuteronomy 14Bible
Deuteronomy 14 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe as a holy people unto the LORD: mourning customs, the distinction between clean and unclean animals for food, the annual tithe, and the tithe brought every third year.
- Leviticus 15Bible
Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn, regulations for a man's running issue, an emission of semen, a woman's menstruation, and a prolonged flow of blood.
Verses in the King James Version 159, showing 6
- Leviticus 5:2
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
- Leviticus 5:3
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
- Leviticus 7:19
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
- Leviticus 7:21
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 10:10
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
- Leviticus 11:5
And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
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