¹⁶ “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death,^(A) or anyone who touches a human bone^(B) or a grave,^(C) will be unclean for seven days.^(D)

¹⁷ “For the unclean person, put some ashes^(E) from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water^(F) over them. ¹⁸ Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,^(G) dip it in the water and sprinkle^(H) the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave^(I) or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death.