Bible Verses About Defilement: Mourning for the dead
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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Verses on Mourning for the dead
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
2But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.