Bible Dictionary
Carcase
A carcase is the dead body of an animal or person. Under Mosaic law, contact with certain carcasses caused ceremonial uncleanness.
Definition
A carcase is the dead body of a person or animal.
Biblical Usage
Under the Mosaic law, contact with certain carcasses made an Israelite ceremonially unclean and transmitted uncleanness to things touched.
Historical Background
The term belongs to the regulations governing ritual purity and contact with dead bodies in Israel’s law.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law (Hag. 2:13; comp. Num. 19:16, 22; Lev. 11:39).