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* Certain things such as dead bodies and contagious diseases were declared by God to be unclean and would defile a person if they touched them.
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* God commanded the Israelites to avoid sexual sins. These would defile them and make them unacceptable to God.
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* There were also certain kinds of bodily processes that defiled a person temporarily until he could become ritually pure again.
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* A "stain" is a dirty mark that is hard to clean.
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* In the New Testament, Jesus taught that sinful thoughts and actions are what truly defile a person.
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## Translation Suggestions:
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* The term "defile" can also be translated as "cause to be unclean" or "cause to be unrighteous" or "cause to be ritually unacceptable."
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