¹³ Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and ^(A)does not purify himself, ^(B)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because ^(C)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; ^(D)his uncleanness is still on him.

³¹ ‘Thus you shall ^(A)separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they ^(B)defile My tabernacle that is among them.

³ Say to them: ‘Whoever of all your descendants throughout your generations, who goes near the holy things which the children of Israel dedicate to the Lord, ^(A)while he has ^[a]uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from My presence: I am the Lord.

²⁰ But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the ^(A)Lord, ^(B)while he is unclean, that person ^(C)shall be cut off from his people.

^15 [a]But ^(A)outside are ^(B)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

¹¹ He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him ^[a]be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”

^8 (A)But the cowardly, ^[a]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in ^(B)the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

^29 (A)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, ^(B)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, ^(C)and insulted the Spirit of grace?

² For if the word ^(A)spoken through angels proved steadfast, and ^(B)every transgression and disobedience received a just ^[a]reward, ^3 (C)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, ^(D)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was ^(E)confirmed to us by those who heard Him,