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Numbers 19:11

9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

10 The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
KJV
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
WEB
“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
ASV
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
DARBY
He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
BLB
And He who touches against the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
ÅB
Den som rører ved en død, ved liket av et menneske, han skal være uren i syv dager.
OTB
Enhver som kommer i kontakt med et menneskelik vil være uren i syv dager.
B1930
Den som rører ved en død, ved liket av et menneske, han skal være uren i syv dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Numbers 5:2

    “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

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  • Numbers 31:19

    All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

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  • Leviticus 21:1

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

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  • Numbers 9:6

    But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

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  • Numbers 19:16

    Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

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  • Numbers 9:10

    “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 21:11

    He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

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  • Romans 5:12

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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