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Numbers 19:11-13

King James Version (KJV)

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11. 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.

Numbers 19:11-13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 19:11

Theological / Devotional

The dead body of any man. To touch the carcass of an unclean animal entailed uncleanness till evening (Lev. 11:24). The same was true of one who touched the bed of a person that had an issue (Lev. 15:5). But the longer period of seven days was required in the case of contact with a dead person (see Lev. 21:1; Num. 5:2 ; 6:6; 9:6).

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