If a person touched a corpse, he was required to wash himself as well as his garments. Excrement was to be buried, protecting the people against the spread of germs, the existence of which was discovered by scientists only in recent centuries. ​ — Deuteronomy 23: 13.
წინასწარმეტყველ ესაიას მეშვეობით იეჰოვამ თქვა: „გამძღარი ვარ თქვენი აღსავლენი ვერძებით და კურატების ქონით.