In marked contrast, among those impurities that cannot be rectified are sexual sins (Lev. 18:20, 23–25, 27–30), idolatry (Lev. 20:2–5), murder (Num. 35:16–21, 31) and profaning the sacred (e.g. Lev. 7:19–21; 22:3, 9). In these cases only the death of the guilty party can remove the pollution caused by his or her sin.
