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Purification of the Unclean

Numbers 19:11

In 11 translations

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.man: Heb. soul of man
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:
LSV
He who is coming against the dead body of any man is unclean [for] seven days;
YLT
'He who is coming against the dead body of any man — is unclean seven days;
DBY
He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
DRC
He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days,
GNV
Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.
JPS
He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days;
LXXE
He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בְּמֵ֖ת לְכָל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם וְטָמֵ֖א שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ ἁπτόμενος τοῦ τεθνηκότος πάσης ψυχῆς ἀνθρώπου, ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Numbers 31:19All 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.
  • Leviticus 21:1Then 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,
  • Numbers 9:6But 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
  • Numbers 19:16Anyone 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.
  • 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.
  • Haggai 2:13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
  • Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
  • Romans 5:12Therefore, 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.
  • Leviticus 21:11He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  • Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  • Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  • Leviticus 11:31These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

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