Leviticus 17:15
The soul who eats what has died on its own, or what has been caught by a beast, whether he is native born or a newcomer, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and he shall be contaminated until evening. And by this means he shall be made clean.
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In Context
16But if he will not wash his clothes and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.
Cross References
Exodus 22:30You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me.
Leviticus 11:24And whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be defiled, and he shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 11:27Whatever walks upon its hands, out of all the animals that advance on all fours, shall be unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be polluted until evening.
Leviticus 11:31All these are unclean. Whoever will have touched their carcasses shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 11:39If any animals will have died, from which it is lawful for you to eat, whoever will have touched its carcass shall be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:5If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 17:11-16
The Eating of Blood Forbidden. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No… Read the whole commentary →