Defilement
1. Forbidden to the Jews. Le 11:44,45.
2. Things liable to ceremonial
a. The person. Le 5:3.
b. Garments. Le 13:59.
c. Furniture, &c. Le 15:9,10; Nu 19:14,15.
d. Houses. Le 14:44.
e. The land. Le 18:25; De 21:23.
f. The sanctuary. Le 20:3; Zep 3:4.
3. Ceremonial caused by
a. Eating unclean things. Le 11:8; Ac 10:11,14.
b. Eating things that died. Le 17:15.
c. Touching a dead body or a bone. Nu 9:6,7; 19:11,16.
d. Touching a grave. Nu 19:16.
e. Touching a dead beast. Le 5:2; 11:24-28.
f. Being alone with a dead body. Nu 19:14.
g. Mourning for the dead. Le 21:1-3.
h. Having a leprosy. Le 13:3,11; Nu 5:2,3.
i. Having an issue, &c. Le 15:2; Nu 5:2.
j. Touching anything defiled by an issue, &c. Le 15:5-11.
k. Going into a leprous house. Le 14:46.
l. Sacrificing the red heifer. Nu 19:7.
m. Burning the red heifer. Nu 19:8.
n. Gathering the ashes of the red heifer. Nu 19:10.
o. Touching an unclean person. Nu 19:22.
p. Child bearing. Le 12:2.
4. Causes of, improperly enlarged by tradition. Mr 7:2; Mt 15:20.
5. Moral, caused by
a. Following the sins of the heathen. Le 18:24.
b. Seeking after wizards. Le 19:31.
c. Giving children to Molech. Le 20:3.
d. Making and serving idols. Eze 20:17,18; 22:3,4; 23:7.
e. Blood shedding. Isa 59:3.
6. Moral, punished. Le 18:24,25,28,29.
7. Those under, removed from the camp. Nu 5:3,4; De 23:14.
8. Priests
a. To decide in all cases of. Le 10:10; 13:3.
b. Specially required to avoid. Le 21:1-6,11,12.
c. Not to eat holy things while under. Le 22:2,4-6.
d. Punished for eating of the holy things while under. Le 22:3.
9. Cleansed by legal offerings. Nu 19:18,19; Heb 9:13.
10. Neglecting purification from, punished by cutting off. Nu 19:13,20.
11. Ceremonial, abolished under the gospel. Ac 10:15; Ro 14:14; Col 2:20-22.
12. Illustrative
a. Of sin. Mt 15:11,18; Jude 1:8.
b. Of unholy doctrines. 1Co 3:16,17.