Introduction to Mitzvot 96 -113
Impurity
We must view "Impurity" with the same acceptance as mentioned regarding purity (see Positive Mitzvah 74).
HaShem defined certain situations as impure.
Persons or items coming in contact with impurity may also be considered impure and they must go through a process of purification.
In Positive Mitzvot 96 - 113, the Torah commands us to regard certain things and situations as being impure.
There are many detailed laws applying to each stage of impurity.
The Torah teaches us the procedures of purification for the different types of impurity.
Positive Mitzvah 107
Impurity of coming in contact with a Dead Body
Numbers 19:11 "He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean"
Contact with a dead body makes a person impure.