New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Defilement

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