Bible Law Index
of the LAWS, STATUTES, and JUDGMENTS of GOD

OT= Old Testament
NT = New Testament


XVIII. LAWS OF SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS

  1. Quarentine for contagious diseases.
    1. Isolation for the leper.
      • OT=Lev. 13; Num. 5:2-3
    2. Cleansing of the leper.
      • OT=Lev. 14:1-32; Deut. 24:8
    3. Disinfecting of houses after contagious diseases.
      • OT=Lev. 14:33,57

  2. Laws of cleanliness after elimination.
    • OT=Deut. 23:13-14

  3. Unclean discharges from the body.
    • OT=Lev.15:1-15; Num. 5:2-3

  4. Cleansing of the woman after childbirth.
    • OT=Lev. 12:1-8
    • NT=Luke 2:22

  5. Laws concerning woman during menstration.
    • OT=Lev. 15:19-33

    1. Sexual intercourse during menstration.
      • OT=Lev. 15:24; 18:19; 20:18; Ez. 18:6; 22:10

  6. Copulation emissions.
    • OT=Lev. 15:16-18

  7. All male children born in Israel to be circumcized on the eighth day after birth.
    • OT=Gen. 17:10-14; 21:4; Ex. 12:48; Lev. 12:3
    • NT=Luke 1:59; 2:21; John 7:22-24; Acts 7:8

  8. Contact with dead or unclean things.
    • OT=Lev. 5:2; 11:24-40; 21:1-4,11; Num. 5:2; 9:6,10; 19:11-22; 31:19

  9. Enbalming and burial at death, the custom in Israel.
    • OT=Gen. 23; 25:9-10; 35:29; 49:29-32; 50; Deut. 10:6; 21:23; Judges 8:32; I Kings 11:43; 13:31; 14:13; II Kings 13:20; Job 27:15
    • NT=Matt. 8:21; 27:57-60; Mark 15:46; 16:1; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42; Acts 2:29; 5:6,10

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