Leviticus 6:27

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

Cross-references

In Leviticus 11:32, the same logic of contamination by contact applies to unclean carcasses — anything they touch becomes unclean until evening.

In Ezekiel 44:19, priests must change garments before touching the people to prevent transferring holiness — a direct parallel to the contagious holiness rule here.

Haggai 2:12 Allusion

In Haggai 2:12, the same principle of holiness transferring by contact is applied to consecrated meat, but Haggai questions its power to sanctify.

Exodus 29:37 extends the same holiness principle to the altar: whatever touches it becomes holy, akin to the sin offering's effect here.

Exodus 30:29 applies the same consecration principle to the anointing oil and incense: anything touching them becomes holy.

In Matthew 9:21, the woman with the hemorrhage reverses the logic: instead of holiness transferring, she seeks healing by touching Jesus' garment.

In Matthew 14:36, people seek to touch only the fringe of Jesus' garment to be healed — a positive inversion of the contagious holiness principle here.