11 (A)‘He who touches the dead [a]body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. 12 (B)He shall 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 day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. 13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and (C)does not purify himself, (D)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because (E)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; (F)his uncleanness is still on him.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit. soul of man

11 “Whoever touches a human corpse(A) will be unclean for seven days.(B) 12 They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;(C) then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.(D) 13 If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,(E) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.(F) They must be cut off from Israel.(G) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;(H) their uncleanness remains on them.

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