Leviticus 5:2-3
5:2 a ceremonially unclean: “Clean” and “unclean” did not pertain to hygiene (see 11:1–15:33 b) but to suitability for participating in worship or, in the case of animals, suitability for sacrifice or human consumption. A list of clean and unclean animals is found in 11:1-47 c. The requirement for becoming clean after touching an unclean animal was merely to wash one’s clothes and remain apart from the community until evening (11:25 d). Most likely, therefore, the requirement of this sin offering indicates that the person had failed to follow the prescription for cleansing (11:27-28 e).5:3 f Any bodily discharge, even blood, would render a person temporarily unclean (chs 11–15 g). The uncleanness itself was not sin, but it was a sin to neglect the uncleanness, allowing it to spread. Once people became aware of their unclean state, they were guilty if they neglected it.
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