Topics Research¶
Question¶
What does the Bible mean by defilement/uncleanness (tumah H2932, tame H2930)? What are all the mechanisms by which defilement occurs? How does defilement relate to the sanctuary — why is tumah incompatible with God's holy presence? Cover the Leviticus 10:10 two-axis framework (qodesh/chol + tahor/tame).
Topics¶
DEFILEMENT¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Laws relating to: LEV 7:18-21; 11:43; 22:2-7
Caused by: - Leprosy: LEV 13:3,44-46; 14; 22:4-7 - Gonorrhea: LEV 15:1-15; 22:4 - Copulation: LEV 15:17 - Spermatorrhea: LEV 15:16,17 - Childbirth: LEV 12:2-8; LUK 2:22 - Menses: LEV 15:19-33; 2SA 11:4 - Touching the dead: NUM 19:11-22; 31:19,20 - Touching the carcass of any ceremonially unclean animal: LEV 11:39,40; 17:15,16; 22:8 - Touching carcass of an unclean thing: LEV 5:2-13; 11:8,24-28,31-38; 14:46-57; 15:5-11; DEU 23:10,11 - Killing in battle: NUM 31:19,20 - Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause: JHN 18:28 - Of priests: LEV 16:26,28; NUM 19:7-10; EZK 44:25,26 - Egyptian usage, concerning: GEN 43:32
Cross-references: ABLUTION, PURIFICATION, UNCLEANNESS
UNCLEANNESS¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible (via DEFILEMENT cross-reference)
Key verses: LEV 5:2,3; 7:20,21; 17:15; 21:1-15; 22:2-8
SANITATION¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Carcasses: LEV 5:2; 10:4,5; 11:24-28,31-40; 22:4,6; NUM 9:6,10; 19:11-16; 31:19; DEU 21:22,23
Childbirth: LEV 12:3; EZK 16:4
Contagion: LEV 5:2,3; 7:19,21; 11:24-28,31-40; 13:2-59; 14:2,3,8,9,34-48,54-57; 15:2-13,16-28,32,33; 22:4-8; NUM 5:2-4; 9:6,10; 19:11-16,22; 31:19,20; DEU 23:10,11; 24:8
Disinfection: LEV 2:13; 7:19; 11:24-40; 13:6,34,47-59; 14:8,9,34-48,54-57; 15:2-13,16-28; NUM 31:19,20,22-24
Filth, Disposition of: EXO 29:14,34; LEV 4:11,12,21; 6:30; 7:17,19; 8:17,32; 9:11; 16:27,28; 19:6; DEU 23:12,13; HEB 13:11
Food: LEV 3:17; 7:15-19,23-27; 11:2-23,26,27,29-43,46,47; 17:10-15; 19:5-8,26; 22:8; DEU 12:16,20-25; 14:3-21,26; 15:22,23
Quarantine: LEV 13:2-5,31-33,45,46; 14:2,3,8,34-38; 15:19; NUM 5:2,3; 31:11-20; DEU 23:10,11
Uncleanness: LEV 20:2-6,10-21; DEU 27:20-23
Venereal Diseases: LEV 15:2-13,16-28,31-33; 22:4,6
PURIFICATION¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Sanitary and symbolical.
For women: - Before marriage: EST 2:12 - After childbirth: LEV 12:6-8; LUK 2:22 - After menstruation: LEV 15:19-33; 2SA 11:4
Of Jews before the Passover: JHN 11:55
For those who had recently killed in battle: NUM 31:19-24
By blood: EXO 24:5-8; LEV 14:6,7; HEB 9:12-14,19-22
By abstaining from sexual intercourse: EXO 19:15
Washing parts of animal sacrifices: LEV 1:9,13; 9:14; 2CH 4:6
Penalty for non-observance: LEV 7:20,21; NUM 19:13,20
Water of: NUM 19:17-21; 31:23
Washing hands (symbolical of innocency): DEU 21:6; PSA 26:6; MAT 27:24
Traditions of the elders: MAT 15:2; MRK 7:2-5,8,9; LUK 11:38
Figurative: PSA 26:6; 51:7; EZK 36:25; HEB 10:22
Scriptures relating to: GEN 35:2; EXO 19:10,14; 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12,30-32; LEV 8:6; 14:8,9; 15:4-13,16-27; 16:4,24,26,28; 17:15; 22:3; NUM 8:6,7,21; 19:7,8,19; 2CH 4:6; MAT 15:2; MRK 7:2-9; HEB 9:10
HOLINESS¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
General scriptures concerning: GEN 17:1; 35:2; EXO 19:6; 22:31; 28:36; 39:30; LEV 10:8-10; 11:44,45,47; 19:2; 20:7,26; DEU 13:17; 14:2; 18:13; 26:19; 28:9; 30:2,10; JOS 7:12,13; JOB 5:24; 28:28; 36:21; PSA 4:4; 15:1-5; 24:3-5; 32:2; 37:27; 68:13; 73:1; 85:13; 94:15; 97:10; 119:1-3; PRO 11:23; 12:5; 16:17; 21:8,15,29; 22:1; ECC 7:1; ISA 4:3; 26:2,8,9; 32:17; 35:8; 51:7; 52:1,11; 57:2; 60:1,21; 61:3,9-11; MIC 6:8; ZEP 2:3; ZEC 8:3; 14:20,21; MAT 5:6,8,29,30,48; 12:33; MRK 9:49,50; LUK 1:74,75; 6:45; JHN 1:47; 4:14; 5:14; 6:35; 15:19; 17:23; ACT 24:16; ROM 2:28,29; 6:1-23; 7:4,6; 8:1,4,12; 11:16; 12:1,2,9; 13:12-14; 14:17; 16:19; 1CO 3:16,17; 5:7; 6:12,13,19,20; 7:23; 8:12; 10:21,31,32; 12:31; 15:34; 2CO 6:14-17; 7:1; 10:3,5; 11:2; 13:7,8; GAL 2:17; 5:22-25; 6:15; EPH 1:4,13,14; 2:21,22; 4:20-24; 5:1,3,8-11; PHP 1:10,11; 2:15; 4:8; COL 1:22; 3:5-10,12-15; 1TH 2:12; 3:13; 4:3,4,7; 5:5,22,23; 2TH 2:13; 1TI 1:5; 4:8,12; 5:22; 6:6,11,12; 2TI 2:16,17,19,21,22; 3:17; TIT 1:15; 2:9,10,12; HEB 4:3,9; 10:22; 12:1,10,14,15; 13:9; JAS 1:21,27; 3:17; 4:4; 1PE 1:14-16; 2:1,5,9,11,12,24; 3:11; 4:1,2,6,7; 2PE 1:2-8; 3:11,12,14; 1JN 1:6,7; 2:1,5,29; 3:3,6-10; 5:4,5,18,21; 2JN 1:4; 3JN 1:11; REV 14:4,5; 18:4; 19:8
SANCTUARY¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Key passages: EXO 25:8; 27:21; LEV 19:30; 24:3; 26:2; NUM 18:5; LAM 2:7,20; EZK 11:16; 42:20; HEB 8:2,5; 9:2
ATONEMENT¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Key passages: EXO 30:10; LEV 16:2-34; 23:27-32; NUM 29:7-11; ACT 27:9; HEB 5:3; 9:7,19,22
Means and Sacrifices: LEV 1:4; 4:20-35; 5:6-13; 6:7; 9:7; 10:17; 12:6-8; 14:12-32; 16:6-34; 17:11; 19:22; NUM 15:22-28; HEB 9:22
LEPROSY¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Law and Instances: LEV 13; 14; 22:4; NUM 5:1-3; 12:1-14; DEU 24:8; 2KI 5:8-27; 7:3; 15:5; 2CH 26:20-23; MAT 8:3-4; MRK 1:40-42; LUK 5:13-14; 17:12-14
ABOMINATION¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Categories: DEU 7:25; 27:15; 32:16; 25:13-16; LEV 18:6-22; 20:13; DEU 18:10,11; 22:5; 23:18; 24:4; PRO 3:32; 6:16-19; 11:1,20; 15:8,9
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Key passages: LEV 11; DEU 14
PURITY¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Of Heart: PSA 12:6; 19:8; 24:3-5; 51:7; 65:3; 119:140; PRO 15:26; 20:9; ISA 1:18,25; 6:7; DAN 12:10; MAL 3:2,3; MAT 5:8; HEB 9:13,14; 10:2; 1JN 3:3; JAS 4:8; 1PE 1:22; TIT 1:15
SANCTIFICATION¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Key passages: EXO 13:2; 19:10,14; 29:37,43; 31:13; LEV 20:8; 21:8
Related Topics Discovered¶
- ABLUTION (cross-referenced from multiple entries)
- UNCLEANNESS (cross-referenced from DEFILEMENT)
- The breadth of Nave's coverage confirms that the Levitical purity system touched every area of Israelite life: food, domestic hygiene, bodily functions, disease quarantine, mourning, warfare, and worship — not merely religious ceremony