Use of the Ashes. ¹¹ Those who touch the corpse of any human being will be unclean for seven days;

^13 (A)Those who touch the corpse of a human being who dies and who fail to purify themselves defile the tabernacle of the Lord and these persons shall be cut off from Israel. Since the purification water has not been splashed over them, they remain unclean: their uncleanness is still on them.

⁴⁶ As long as the infection is present, the person shall be unclean. Being unclean, that individual shall dwell apart, taking up residence outside the camp.^(A)

Chapter 21

Sanctity of the Priesthood. ^1 [a]The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his kindred,^(A)

⁴ No descendant of Aaron who is stricken with a scaly infection,^(A) or who suffers from a genital discharge,^(B) may eat of the sacred offerings, until he again becomes clean. Moreover, if anyone touches a person who has become unclean by contact with a corpse,^(C) or if anyone has had an emission of semen,^(D)