Something that God has declared to be unfit for people to touch because one of these dead animals has fallen on it is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. It is spoken of as physically clean after it has been washed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
Something that God has declared to be fit for people to touch after it has been washed is spoken of as if it were physically clean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "however you use it, you must put it into water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])