Leprosy symbolizes the defilement of sin which results in separation from God and the community. The high priest had to abstain from ritual defilement. Many of these sayings emphasize the importance of ritual purity and avoiding defilement. Leviticus discusses a ritual defilement relating to emission of sperm. He began cleansing the heavenly sanctuary of the defilement He caused in 1844. Punishment for race defilement for men was penal labor or prison. These Jews considered it a defilement to enter into a Gentile dwelling. Sexual relations with Germans ("rassenschande" or "racial defilement") were punishable by death. They do not, however, convey defilement by overshadowing. Rabbi Leiner read the verse as a warning against the defilement of the soul. Such relationships were forbidden and classified as "Rassenschande" (race defilement) by the race laws. Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, interpret the events as seduction and defilement. The League of German Girls was particularly regarded as instructing girls to avoid racial defilement. Party members found guilty of "Rassenschande" ("racial defilement") were persecuted heavily. Defilement of girls under sixteen years of age, etc.