Dictionary of Bible Themes The distinction between things which were ritually acceptable and unacceptable to God. Animals were classified as either clean or unclean, denoting their suitability or unsuitability for sacrifice and food. The motives and intentions of the heart were also sometimes judged to be clean or unclean, as uncleanness was often linked with sin. Leviticus 15:31The OT distinction between clean and unclean See also The command to distinguish between clean and unclean Leviticus 10:8-11; 20:22-26Ezekiel 22:26; 44:23 Genesis 7:2 See also The distinction between clean and unclean animals Genesis 7:8-9; 8:20Leviticus 11:1-47 Leviticus 27:11-13 pp Dt 14:3-20 Mark 7:14-23The NT attitude to clean and unclean animals Acts 10:11-15; 11:5-9pp Mt 15:10-20 Leviticus 10:14See also Places and inanimate objects could be clean or unclean Leviticus 4:12; 6:11; 11:32-38; 14:33-572 Chronicles 13:11 Leviticus 5:2-3 Causes of uncleanness See also Physical contact with anything unclean Leviticus 7:19Hosea 9:3-4 Haggai 2:10-14 Numbers 19:11 See also Contact with corpses Leviticus 21:1-4,10-12Numbers 6:5-8 Leviticus 13:1-46 See also Infectious skin diseases Leviticus 14:1-32Matthew 8:2-4 pp Mk 1:40-44 Leviticus 12:2pp Lk 5:12-14 See also Certain bodily functions Leviticus 12:5; 15:1-33Leviticus 22:3-5 Consequences of uncleanness See also Exclusion from worship Leviticus 12:4Numbers 9:6-12 1 Samuel 20:24-26 2 Chronicles 23:19; 30:17 Numbers 5:2 See also Isolation from God's people Leviticus 7:20-21Deuteronomy 23:10-11 Leviticus 16:29-30 Cleansing from uncleanness See also Leviticus 12:6-8; 16:15-16; 22:4-7Numbers 6:9-12; 19:1-22; 31:21-24 Hebrews 9:13 Job 33:9 Inner, spiritual cleanness and uncleanness Psalms 51:7See also Genesis 20:5Psalms 24:3-4 Proverbs 20:9 Isaiah 1:15-16; 64:6 Lamentations 1:8 Ezekiel 36:25 Matthew 15:10-20 Matthew 23:25-28 Acts 10:28 pp Mk 7:14-23 See also 4406 agriculture5009 conscience 5297 disease 6106 addiction 7342 cleanliness 7348 defilement 7416 purification 7424 ritual law 7426 ritual washing 7456 synagogue 7478 washing 9040 grave, the |
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