Leviticus 15:31

God commands Israel to be separated from their uncleanness lest they defile His tabernacle and die. The purpose of these laws is to guard God's holy dwelling among them.

Cross-references · 19

• Num 19:20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
• Num 19:13Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
• Ezek 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
• Ezek 23:38They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
• Num 5:3You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
• 1 Cor 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• Ezek 44:23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Heb 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 12:14–15Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• Dan 9:27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
• Lev 19:30You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
• Lev 21:23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
• Lev 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
• Ezek 44:5–7The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
• Lev 20:3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
• Lev 13:59This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.”
• Deut 24:8In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
• Ps 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

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