Leviticus 5:2
2or aif anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt;Isaiah 52:11
11 bDepart, depart, go out from there;touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
cyou who bear the vessels of the Lord.
Hosea 9:3
3They shall not remain in dthe land of the Lord,but eEphraim shall return to Egypt,
and fthey shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Matthew 15:11
11 git is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”Matthew 15:20
20 hThese are what defile a person. But ito eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”Mark 7:2
2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were jdefiled, that is, unwashed.Mark 7:15
15 kThere is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” ▼▼Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear
Mark 7:18
18And he said to them, “Then mare you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,Acts 10:10-15
10And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into na trance 11and saw othe heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; pfor I have never eaten anything that is qcommon or runclean.” 15And the voice came to him again a second time, s“What God has made clean, do not call common.”
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