How could someone be cleansed after touching an unclean thing under the Levitical law?
Under the Levitical law, a person who touched any unclean thing, such as a dead carcass, became unclean and guilty. To be cleansed, he had to bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for the sin he had sinned. This requirement applied to Israel under the Law, not to us today.
Les explains from Leviticus 5 that if a soul touched any unclean thing—whether the carcass of an unclean beast, cattle, or creeping things—and it was hidden from him, he was still unclean and guilty. Les illustrates this by asking what you do if you find a dead bird while mowing; picking it up means you touched something dead. The only way to overcome that situation, Les says, was to bring a trespass offering unto the Lord for the sin he had sinned. Les emphasizes that nobody with a brain would do this today because this was Israel under the Law, not us. We are not under that kind of Law, and the Old Testament gives many instructions that do not apply to us; Paul is the Gentile Apostle.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
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What was the only way to be cleansed after touching something dead under Leviticus 5?
In Leviticus 5, the only way a person could overcome being defiled by touching something dead was to bring a trespass offering to the Lord for the sin he had sinned.