Leviticus 22:6
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
Cross-references
Leviticus 11:24 states that touching a carcass of an unclean animal makes one unclean until evening — the same duration given here.
Leviticus 15:5 prescribes washing clothes and bathing for touching a bed of a discharge victim — matching the wash-and-wait rule here.
In Leviticus 16:24-28, the priest who burns atonement offerings washes and is unclean until evening — applying the same purification pattern.
Leviticus 11:25 adds that carrying a carcass requires washing clothes and uncleanness until evening, paralleling the washing of flesh here.
In Leviticus 14:46, the same 'unclean until evening' rule applies to entering a quarantined house—consistent purity legislation.
Numbers 19:7-10 describes the red heifer ritual where the priest and burner wash and are unclean until evening — echoing this general law.
Haggai 2:13 applies the same principle: a person unclean from a dead body transmits defilement by touch — a later use of this uncleanness rule.
Deuteronomy 23:11 also requires bathing and waiting until evening for uncleanness—same ritual pattern.
Hebrews 9:10 describes these 'various washings' as external regulations until Christ—contextualizing the Levitical purity laws.