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Dead bodies were to be treated with respect
2 Samuel 21:12-14; Ecclesiastes 6:3
Unburied dead bodies were a sign of God's curse upon Israel
Deuteronomy 28:26; Jeremiah 16:4
Contact with dead bodies
The high priest was not to touch a dead body
Leviticus 21:11
Contact with a dead body made a person unclean
Numbers 19:11 See also Numbers 9:6-10; Numbers 19:16
Jesus Christ was willing to touch a dead body
Matthew 9:25 pp Mark 5:41 pp Luke 8:54; Mark 9:26-27; Luke 7:14
The reluctance to approach dead bodies because of the smell
John 11:39
See also
5137 bones 5241 burial 5288 dead, the 7340 clean and unclean 7424 ritual law
