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Numbers 19:11

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon 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.

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  • Numbers 5:2

    Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

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  • Numbers 31:19

    And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

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  • Leviticus 21:1

    And 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:

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  • Numbers 9:6

    And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

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  • Numbers 19:16

    And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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  • Numbers 9:10

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 21:11

    Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

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  • Romans 5:12

    Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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