Numbers 19:11-22

New King James Version

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. ¹³Whoever 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.

¹⁴‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; ¹⁵and every ^(G)open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. ¹⁶^(H)Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

¹⁷‘And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ^(I)ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and ^[b]running water shall be put on them in a vessel. ¹⁸A clean person shall take ^(J)hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. ¹⁹The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; ^(K)and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.

²⁰‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has ^(L)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. ²¹It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. ²²^(M)Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and ^(N)the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”

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Numbers 19:11 Lit. soul of man
Numbers 19:17 Lit. living

Numbers 19:11-22

American Standard Version

¹¹He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days: ¹²the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day, ^[a]and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, ^[b]then the seventh day he shall not be clean. ¹³Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

¹⁴This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁵And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. ¹⁶And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ¹⁷And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and ^[c]running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: ¹⁸and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave: ¹⁹and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

²⁰But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. ²¹And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even. ²²And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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Numbers 19:12 Or, and on the seventh day, so shall he be clean
Numbers 19:12 Or, and
Numbers 19:17 Hebrew living.

Numbers 19:11-22

New International Version

¹¹“Whoever touches a human corpse^(A) will be unclean for seven days.^(B) ¹²They 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) ¹³If 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.

¹⁴“This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, ¹⁵and every open container^(I) without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.

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

¹⁷“For the unclean person, put some ashes^(N) from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water^(O) over them. ¹⁸Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,^(P) dip it in the water and sprinkle^(Q) 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^(R) or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death. ¹⁹The man who is clean is to sprinkle^(S) those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them.^(T) Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes^(U) and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean. ²⁰But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled^(V) the sanctuary of the Lord.^(W) The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.^(X) ²¹This is a lasting ordinance^(Y) for them.

“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. ²²Anything that an unclean^(Z) person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

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