Leviticus 21:11

11He shall not ago in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

Numbers 5:2

2Command the people of Israel that they bput out of the camp everyone who is leprous
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
or has da discharge and everyone who is eunclean through contact with the dead.

Numbers 6:6-7

6All the days that he separates himself to the Lord fhe shall not go near a dead body. 7 gNot even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.

Numbers 19:11

11 h“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:16

16 iWhoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a jgrave, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:18

18Then a clean person shall take khyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave.

John 18:28

Jesus Before Pilate

28 lThen they led Jesus mfrom the house of Caiaphas to nthe governor’s headquarters.
Greek  the praetorium
It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, pso that they would not be defiled, qbut could eat the Passover.
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