# God has designated as unclean

Something that God has declared to be unfit for people to touch or eat is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# the carcass

"the dead body"

# he has become unclean

A person who is unacceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])