^11 (A)“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.

^19 (A)Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and ^(B)whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

² “Command the people of Israel that they ^(A)put out of the camp everyone who is leprous^[a] or has ^(B)a discharge and everyone who is ^(C)unclean through contact with the dead.

Holiness and the Priests

21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ^(A)No one shall make himself unclean for the dead among his people,

^16 (A)Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a ^(B)grave, shall be unclean seven days.

¹⁰ “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the Lord.

⁶ And there were certain men who were ^(A)unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and ^(B)they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

¹¹ He shall not ^(A)go in to any dead bodies nor make himself unclean, even for his father or for his mother.

¹⁴ how much more will ^(A)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(B)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(C)purify our^[a] conscience ^(D)from dead works ^(E)to serve the living God.

By Grace Through Faith

2 ^(A)And you were ^(B)dead in the trespasses and sins