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Numbers 19:15

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.

14 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

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.

17 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

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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
and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
KJV
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
WEB
Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
ASV
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
DARBY
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.
BLB
And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.
ÅB
Og ethvert åpent kar som der ikke er bundet dekke over, er urent.
OTB
Enhver åpen beholder uten lokk festet på den vil være uren.
B1930
Og ethvert åpent kar som der ikke er bundet dekke over, er urent.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 11:32

    When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

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  • Leviticus 14:36

    The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

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  • Numbers 31:20

    And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”

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