save ¹  others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy ²  on others, coupled with a fear of God, ³  hating even the clothes stained ⁴  by the flesh. ⁵ 

But you have a few individuals ¹  in Sardis who have not stained ²  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ³  in white, because they are worthy.

No man ¹  from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge ²  may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one ³  who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, ⁴  or a man who has a seminal emission, ⁵ 

“Look up at the hilltops and consider this. ¹  You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. ²  You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. ³  You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods. ⁴ 

and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, ¹  and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. ² 

Anyone who touches his bed ¹  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. ² 

and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening.

Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

They ¹  must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute ²  to the Lord, ³ 

¹ When ²  Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality ³  with the daughters of Moab.

When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure. ¹ 

So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected ¹  Israel to humiliating abuse.”

I, the Lord, say: ¹  ‘That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth.

After a priest ¹  has become ceremonially clean, they ²  must count off a period of seven days for him.

“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty ¹  of David and the people of Jerusalem ²  to cleanse them from sin and impurity. ³ 

But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!” ¹ 

But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean ¹  has ever entered my mouth!’