Numbers 19:11
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11 Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.(A)
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Numbers 5:2
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2 “Command the Israelites to put out of the camp everyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with a corpse;(A)
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Numbers 31:19
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19 Camp outside the camp seven days, whoever of you has killed any person or touched a corpse; purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third and on the seventh day.
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Leviticus 21:1
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The Holiness of Priests
21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them:
“No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,(A)
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Romans 5:12
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Adam and Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned(A)—
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Numbers 19:16
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16 Whoever in the open field touches one who has been killed by a sword or who has died naturally,[a] or a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean seven days.(A)
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- 19.16 Heb lacks naturally
Numbers 9:10
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10 “Speak to the Israelites, saying: Anyone of you or your descendants who is unclean through touching a corpse or is away on a journey shall still keep the Passover to the Lord.
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Numbers 9:6
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6 Now there were certain people who were unclean through touching a corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day. They came before Moses and Aaron on that day(A)
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Leviticus 21:11
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11 He shall not go where there is a dead body; he shall not defile himself even for his father or mother.(A)
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Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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Ephesians 2:1
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2 Corinthians 6:17
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17 Therefore come out from them,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
then I will welcome you,(A)
Haggai 2:13
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13 Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered, “Yes, it becomes unclean.”(A)
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Lamentations 4:14
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14 Blindly they wandered through the streets,
so defiled with blood
that no one was able
to touch their garments.(A)
Leviticus 11:31
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31 These are unclean for you among all that swarm; whoever touches one of them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.
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