^27 (A)Everyone who touches its flesh ^[a]must be holy. And when its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled, in a holy place.

³⁷ Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. ^(A)Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

¹¹ For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what ^(A)clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be ^(B)clear in this matter.

The Corinthians’ Repentance

7 Therefore,^(A) having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²¹ For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”

¹² “If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?” ’ ”

Then the priests answered and said, “No.”

³² Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be ^[a]unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, ^(A)it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean.

^18 (A)All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. ^(B)It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. ^(C)Everyone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

²⁹ You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; ^(A)whatever touches them must be holy.

³⁶ and begged Him that they might only ^(A)touch the hem of His garment. And ^(B)as many as touched it were made perfectly well.